(1)Where it is proposed to give a film exhibition in any building or structure of a movable character, it shall not be necessary to obtain a licence under section 1 above from the local authority in whose area the exhibition is to be given (“the appropriate authority”) if—
(a)the owner of the building or structure has been granted a licence under section 1 above in respect of that building or structure by the local authority in whose area he ordinarily resides;
(b)he has given to the appropriate authority, to the [F1fire authority] [F1appropriate [F2fire] authority] and to the chief officer of police not less than two days’ notice in writing of his intention to give the exhibition; and
(c)he complies with any regulations under section 4 above and, subject to any such regulations, with any conditions imposed by the appropriate authority and notified to him in writing.
(2)In subsection (1)(b) above—
[F3“appropriate [F4fire] authority”, in relation to [F5the building or structure, means–
where Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) applies to the building or structure, the enforcing authority as defined in section 61(9) of that Act,
“chief officer of police” means the chief officer of police for the police area in which the exhibition is to be given;
[F7“fire authority” means the authority discharging in the area in which the exhibition is to be given the functions of fire authority under the M1Fire Services Act 1947.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 8(1)(b) substituted (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/383), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 8(2)(3)(c)
F2Word in s. 8(1)(b) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 12(4)(5)(c)
F3Words in s. 8(2) inserted (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/383), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 8(5)
F4Word in s. 8(2) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 12(7)(a)
F5Words in s. 8(2) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 12(7)(b)
F6Words in s. 8(2)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 55(3); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)
F7Words in s. 8(2) repealed (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/383), art. 1, sch. 2
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