1997 No. 324
Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 9(5) of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 19841, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 25th August 1997.
Amendment of the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19792
1
The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19792 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In regulation 5 (appointment in the rank of junior firefighter) in paragraph (1)(c) the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted.
3
In regulation 6 (promotion to, or appointment in, the rank of firefighter)—
a
in paragraph (1)—
i
in sub-paragraph (b) the words “and shall not have attained the age of 31 years,” and
ii
sub-paragraphs (c) and (e),
shall be omitted;
b
in paragraph (2) in sub-paragraph (b) the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted; and
c
in paragraph (3)—
i
for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—
a
Paragraph (1)(a), (b), (d) and (ee) shall apply also in relation to the qualifications for appointment of a person as a retained member of the fire brigade.
ii
sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)