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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-services-appointments-and-promotion-england-and-wales-regulations-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/481",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations prescribe new qualifications for appointments to, and promotions within, the Fire Services following the replacement of the previous twelve ranks with seven, now referred to as “roles”.\nRegulation 2 contains definitions. Fire Service Circular 9/2002 may be obtained at http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_fire/documents/page/odpm_fire_024503.hcsp, and the National Occupational Standards at http://www.fireservicecollege.ac.uk; the documents can also be obtained free of charge by writing to the Fire Services Efficiency Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Zone 16A, Portland House, Stag Place, London SW1E 5LP.\nRegulation 3 and Schedule 1 list the new roles to which the Regulations apply.\nRegulations 4, 5 and 6 set out the general and specific qualifications for the roles, which do not apply to a person who is already serving in the same role as a member of another brigade (Regulation 7).\nRegulation 8 revokes the regulations set out in Schedule 2.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the cost of businesses, charities or voluntary bodies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/481/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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