{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-services-appointments-and-promotion-england-and-wales-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/481",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-services-appointments-and-promotion-england-and-wales-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these regulations—\n“appointment” includes appointment on promotion;\n“brigade” means a fire brigade maintained in England or Wales under the Fire Services Act 1947;\n“IPDS” means the Integrated Personal Development System as described in Fire Service Circular 9/2002 published on 29th July 2002;\n“National Occupational Standards” means those levels of knowledge, skills and understanding specified for the roles by the Emergency Fire Services Vocational Council and published in August 2001 and April 2003;\n“Permanent appointment” means an appointment for more than twelve months; and\n“Role” means a rank listed in Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/481/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:31:40.048617+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}