Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012

Functions

102Promotion of fire safety

In section 8 of the 2005 Act (fire safety)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “Each relevant authority shall” substitute “SFRS must”, and

(b)in subsection (2)

(i)for “a relevant authority shall” substitute “SFRS must”, and

(ii)for “the authority” substitute “it”.

103Fire safety: enforcement

(1)In section 61 of the 2005 Act (enforcing authorities)—

(a)in each of subsections (7) and (8)

(i)for “A relevant authority” substitute “SFRS”, and

(ii)for “the authority” substitute “SFRS”, and

(b)in subsection (9), for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b)in relation to any other relevant premises, SFRS.”.

(2)In section 67 of the 2005 Act (enforcement of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the 2005 Act: determination of disputes)—

(a)for subsection (1), substitute—

“(1)Subsections (1A) and (1B) apply where—

(a)an enforcing authority considers that a person has failed to comply with any of the Chapter 1 duties, and

(b)in relation to the duty in question, the person and the authority cannot agree on the action that requires to be taken to comply with the duty.

(1A)The person and the authority may refer the matter to the person appointed under section 43A(1)(a) for determination.

(1B)If the enforcing authority is SFRS, it or the person may refer the matter to the person appointed under section 43A(1)(a) for determination.”, and

(b)in subsection (4), for “(1) or (2)” substitute “(1A) or (1B)”.

104Fire-fighting

In section 9 of the 2005 Act (fire-fighting)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “Each relevant authority shall” substitute “SFRS must”, and

(b)in subsection (2), for “a relevant authority shall” substitute “SFRS must”.

105Road traffic accidents

In section 10 of the 2005 Act (road traffic accidents)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “Each relevant authority shall” substitute “SFRS must”, and

(b)in subsection (2), for “a relevant authority shall” substitute “SFRS must”.

106Conferral of functions in relation to other emergencies

In section 11 of the 2005 Act (conferral of functions in relation to other emergencies)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “a relevant authority (the “specified authority”)” substitute “SFRS”, and

(b)in each of subsections (2) and (3), for “the specified authority”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “SFRS”.

107Power to respond to other eventualities

In section 13 of the 2005 Act (power to respond to other eventualities)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “A relevant authority” substitute “SFRS”, and

(b)in subsection (2)(b), for “an authority” substitute “SFRS”.

108Provision of other services

In section 14 of the 2005 Act (provision of other services)—

(a)in subsection (1)

(i)for “A relevant authority” substitute “SFRS”, and

(ii)for “the authority” substitute “SFRS”, and

(b)in subsection (2), for “An authority” substitute “SFRS”.

109Provision of centres for education and training

In section 15 of the 2005 Act (provision of centres for education and training)—

(a)for “A relevant authority” substitute “SFRS”, and

(b)for “relevant authorities have” substitute “it has”.

110Charging

In section 16 of the 2005 Act (charging)—

(a)in subsection (1)

(i)for “a relevant authority” substitute “SFRS”, and

(ii)for “the authority” substitute “SFRS”,

(b)in subsection (2), for “the authority” substitute “SFRS”,

(c)in subsection (3), for the words from “the”, where it secondly occurs, to the end substitute “SFRS at sea beyond the low water mark”, and

(d)in subsection (4)

(i)for “a relevant authority” substitute “SFRS is”,

(ii)after “description” insert “and it”, and

(iii)for “the authority”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “SFRS”.