SCHEDULE 3Minor and consequential amendments
The Civil Defence Act 1948 (c. 5)
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1
The Civil Defence Act 1948 shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)(b) of section 1 (civil defence functions of Ministers), for “fire brigades” substitute “
employees of relevant authorities (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)
”
.
3
In section 5(civil defence obligations)—
a
for “and fire brigades” substitute “
, employees of relevant authorities (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5))
”
;
b
the words “and brigades” are repealed; and
c
for “respectively” substitute “
and by employees of relevant authorities (as so defined)
”
.
4
In section 9(1)(interpretation) the definition of “fire brigade” is repealed.