Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 2946

The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 2946

FIRE SERVICES

The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 18(1) of the Fire Services Act 1947^[1], I hereby, after consultation with the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council, make the following Regulations:

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.

    2.    The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) Regulations 1978^[2] (hereafter in these Regulations referred to as "the 1978 Regulations") shall be amended as follows—
 (a) for the provisions contained in Part II of Schedule 1 (practical examination for promotion to the rank of leading firefighter) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations, and
 (b) for the provisions contained in Part II of Schedule 2 (practical examination for promotion to the rank of sub-officer) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

    3.    For the purposes of regulation 6(6)(a) of the 1978 Regulations (ineligibility to enter examination on account of entry for, but non-attendance at, that examination in the previous year), as regards eligibility to enter for a practical examination before 1st January 1995, the reference to the examination in question shall be taken to include a reference to the corresponding practical examination under Schedule 1 or 2, as the case may be, for which the member entered before 1st January 1994.

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

26th November 1993

[1] 1947 c. 41 as amended by the Fire Services Act 1959 (c. 44). back

[2] S.I.1978/436; the relevant amending instruments are S.I.1985/1176; 1991/369; 1992/182; and 1992/2365. back

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