{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-fire-and-crime-commissioner-for-staffordshire-fire-and-rescue-authority-order-2018/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-fire-and-crime-commissioner-for-staffordshire-fire-and-rescue-authority-order-2018/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/696",
  "legislation_title": "The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire (Fire and Rescue Authority) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-fire-and-crime-commissioner-for-staffordshire-fire-and-rescue-authority-order-2018",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the FRS Act 2004” means the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;\n“Authority” means the fire and rescue authority created in accordance with article 3;\n“chief fire officer” means the person with responsibility for managing the fire and rescue service;\n“DPCC” means the deputy police and crime commissioner for Staffordshire;\n“fire and rescue service” means the personnel, services and equipment secured by the Authority for the purposes of carrying out the Authority’s functions under—\n(a) section 6 of the FRS Act 2004 (fire safety);\n(b) section 7 of that Act (fire-fighting);\n(c) section 8 of that Act (road traffic accidents);\n(d) any order under section 9 of that Act (emergencies) which applies to the Authority;\n(e) section 2 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (duty to assess, plan and advise) and any subordinate legislation made under that Act applying to the Authority;\n(f) any other provision of or made under an enactment which confers functions on a fire and rescue authority;\n“integrated risk management plan” means a plan which—\n(a) is prepared and published by the Authority in accordance with the requirements of the Fire and Rescue National Framework; and\n(b) sets out for the period covered by the plan—\n(i) an assessment of all foreseeable fire and rescue related risks that could affect the area of the Authority; and\n(ii) proposals, including about the allocation of resources, for the mitigation of those risks;\n“member of staff of the Authority” means—\n(a) staff transferred to the Authority under a transfer scheme made under section 4C of the FRS Act 2004; and\n(b) staff appointed by the Authority under section 4D of the FRS Act 2004;\n“member of staff of the PCC” means any of the following persons appointed by the PCC under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (police and crime commissioners)—\n(a) the commissioner’s chief executive;\n(b) the commissioner’s chief finance officer;\n(c) other staff;\n“PCC” means the police and crime commissioner for Staffordshire.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 36; there are amendments to section 2 and Schedule 1 which are not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Fire and Rescue National Framework is prepared by the Secretary of State under section 21 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. The Framework is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-and-rescue-national-framework-for-england. A hard copy can be obtained by writing to the Fire Strategy and Reform Unit, Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW11 4DF."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2011 c. 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/696/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:57.798749+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."
}