Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2 Ch. 8B inserted (1.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 so far as not already in force) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 119, 129(2); S.S.I. 2012/333, art. 2, Sch. (with Sch. 2 paras. 2(11) 3); S.I. 2013/51, art. 2
(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint—
(a)a Chief Inspector of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and
(b)such number of Inspectors of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may appoint Assistant Inspectors of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
(3)The Scottish Ministers must pay to persons appointed under this section such remuneration as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(4)The Scottish Ministers may authorise an Inspector to carry out any of the functions conferred on the Chief Inspector by or under this Act or any other enactment if—
(a)there is a temporary vacancy in the office of Chief Inspector, or
(b)the Scottish Ministers consider that the Chief Inspector is temporarily unable to carry out the Chief Inspector's functions.
(5)A person who, immediately before the coming into force of section 119 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), is by virtue of section 43—
(a)the Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities is taken to have been appointed under subsection (1)(a),
(b)an Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities is taken to have been appointed under subsection (1)(b), and
(c)an Assistant Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities is taken to have been appointed under subsection (2).
(6)In this Act—
“Chief Inspector” means a person appointed under subsection (1)(a), and
“Inspector” means a person appointed under subsection (1) or (2).]