(1) The title of this Order is the Fire and Rescue Services (Emergencies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2017.
(3) This Order applies in relation to fire and rescue authorities in Wales.
S.I. 2017/168 (W.)
The Fire and Rescue Services (Emergencies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/168 (W.))
The core functions of fire and rescue authorities are set out in sections 6 to 8 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (βthe Actβ). These are the functions in connection with fire safety, fire-fighting and road traffic accidents. Section 9 of the Act allows the Welsh Ministers to specify by order other core functions relating to emergencies for which fire and rescue authorities in Wales must make provision. Emergencies are defined in section 58 of the Act.
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(1) The Fire and Rescue Services (Emergencies) (Wales) Order 2007 is amended as follows.
(2) After article 3 insertβ
Rescue and protection in case of flooding and inland water emergencies
(3A)
(1) A fire and rescue authority must make provision in its area, to the extent that it considers it reasonable to do so, for the purpose ofβ
(a) rescuing people, or protecting them from serious harm in the event of an emergency involving flooding; and
(b) rescuing people in the event of an emergency involving inland water.
(2) The duty within paragraph (1) applies to an emergency falling within section 58(a) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.
(3) In this articleβ
βfloodingβ (β llifogydd β) means any case where land not normally covered by water becomes covered by water;
βinland waterβ (β dyfroedd mewndirol β) meansβ
rivers, streams and canals; and
lakes, reservoirs and water-filled quarries.
(3) In article 4β
(a) in the introductory words, for βor 3β substitute β, 3 or 3Aβ;
(b) in paragraph (a) after βservicesβ insert β, equipmentβ.
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