Regulation 2

In regulation 3 of the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) Regulations 1978^f1 for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following provision —

“(1)

A person shall not be appointed to be a chief officer of a brigade unless he has —

(a)

served in the rank of Divisional Officer (Class 1), or in a higher rank, as a member of a fire brigade maintained by a fire authority in Great Britain under the Fire Services Act 1947 or by the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland, and

(b)

completed the course for senior fire officers conducted by the Fire Service College and known as the Brigade Command Course.”.