Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1992 Act” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992;

• “the FRS 2004” means the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004^f1;

• “the FRA (England) services” means the services specified in regulation 3(2);

• “emergency incident response” means any one or more of the following services—

  1. (a)

     extinguishing fires;

  2. (b)

     protecting life or property in the event of fires;

  3. (c)

     rescuing people, or protecting people from serious harm, in the event of a road traffic accident;

  4. (d)

     discharging functions conferred by an order under section 9 of the FRS 2004 (emergencies)^f2;

  5. (e)

     taking action in response to, or for the purpose of enabling action to be taken in response to, an event or situation of a kind mentioned in section 11(2) of the FRS 2004;

  6. (f)

     the management, direction or control of any of the services mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e);

• “English FRA” means a fire and rescue authority, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004^f3, for an area in England;

• “English FRA contractor” means a person who provides fire and rescue services on behalf of an English FRA pursuant to a contract under which those services are to be provided other than during a strike.