SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Civil Defence Act 1948 (c.5)
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The Civil Defence Act 1948 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.
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After section 4 insert—
4A Joint exercise of functions.
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Where—
a
by virtue of any enactment any of the functions of a local authority are exercised by that authority jointly with one or more other local authorities or by a joint board or joint committee; and
b
by virtue of this Act, an obligation is imposed, or a power conferred, on a local authority in respect of any of these functions,
to the extent that such obligation or, as the case may be, power has a connection with such functions, such obligation shall be performed, or power exercised, by the authorities jointly or, as the case may be, by the joint board or joint committee; and any thing which may, by virtue of this Act, be done by, to or in respect of a local authority may be done by, to or in respect of two or more such authorities or such joint board or joint committee.
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In this section “joint board” and “joint committee” have the meanings given by section 235(1) of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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This section extends to Scotland only.
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In section 9(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, for the words “a regional, islands or district council” substitute “
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
”
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