| Short Title: | Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 |
| Type: | Scottish Act |
| Parliament: | Scottish Parliament |
| Long Title: | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about fire and rescue authorities and joint fire and rescue boards; to restate and amend the law in relation to fire services; to make provision in relation to the functions of such authorities and boards in connection with certain events and situations other than fires; to make provision for implementing in part Council Directives 89/391/EEC, 89/654/EEC, 91/383/EEC, 94/33/EC, 98/24/EC and 99/92/EC; to make other provision in relation to fire safety in certain premises; and for connected purposes. |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Citation: | 2005 asp 5 |
| Territorial Extent: | Scotland |
| Royal Assent: | 1 April 2005 |
| Replaces: | 25 other acts of the parliaments of the United Kingdom and Scotland |
| Amendments: | Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 |
| Status: | amended |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/5/enacted |
| Use New Uk-Leg: | yes |
The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005[1] is an Act of the Scottish Parliament made to "make provision about fire and rescue authorities and joint fire and rescue boards; to restate and amend the law in relation to fire services; to make provision in relation to the functions of such authorities and boards in connection with certain events and situations other than fires; to make provision for implementing in part Council Directives 89/391/EEC, 89/654/EEC, 91/383/EEC, 94/33/EC, 98/24/EC and 99/92/EC; to make other provision in relation to fire safety in certain premises; and for connected purposes."
The bill for this act was passed on 23 February 2005 and received royal assent on 1 April 2005
Schedule 3 amended 25 other Acts of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Scotland.
Schedule 4 amended 12 other Acts, most significantly the Fire Services Act 1947 and the Fire Services Act 1959 but did not repeal any Act entirely.