The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1437
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 30th June 1997.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations “the 1978 Regulations ” means the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1978 .

Section 3 Amendment of the 1978 Regulations

In regulation 4 of the 1978 Regulations, in paragraph (c), the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted.

Section 4 Amendment of the 1978 Regulations

In regulation 5 of the 1978 Regulations–

(a) in paragraph (1), there shall be omitted–

(i) in sub-paragraph (b) the words “and shall not have attained the age of 31 years”; and

(ii) sub-paragraphs (c) and (e);

(b) in paragraph (3), the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted; and

(c) for paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following:–

(4) Sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (ee) of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall apply also in relation to the qualifications for appointment of a person as a retained member of a brigade and, for this purpose, a retained member of a brigade means a person who is to serve therein as a part-time member thereof on terms under which he is or may be required to engage in firefighting in return for an annual retaining fee.