Paragraph 12 I1I2

For section 37 (prohibition on employment of police) substitute—

“Prohibition on employment of police in fire-fighting

37

(1)

No member of a police force may be employed by a fire and rescue authority or a relevant chief constable for the purpose of—

(a)

extinguishing fires, or

(b)

protecting life and property in the event of fires.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not prevent the exercise of functions under section 7 (fire-fighting) by—

(a)

a relevant chief constable, or

(b)

a deputy chief constable to whom such functions have been delegated by a relevant chief constable.

(3)

In this section “relevant chief constable” means the chief constable of a police force for a police area to whom functions of a fire and rescue authority have been delegated under an order under section 4H.”