31False alarms of fire.
(1)Any person who knowingly gives or causes to be given a false alarm of fire to any fire brigade maintained in pursuance of this Act or to any member of such a brigade shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both such fine and such imprisonment,
(2)In relation to anything done before the appointed day references in the last foregoing subsection to a fire brigade maintained in pursuance of this Act shall be construed as references to the National Fire Service.
(3)The [58 & 59 Vict. c. 28.] False Alarms of Fire Act, 1895, and section sixty-one of the [9 Edw. 7. c. cxxx.] London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1909, shall cease to have effect as from the appointed day, and Regulation one of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939 (which, so far as still in force, relates to false alarms of fire) is hereby revoked.