The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993

Made: 8th December 1993

Laid before Parliament: 10th December 1993

Coming into force: 1st January 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) of the Fire Services Act 1947[^f00001], after consultation with the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.

Amendment of the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1978

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The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1978^f00002 shall be amended as follows:–

• (a) for the provisions contained in Part II of Schedule 1 (practical examination for promotion to the rank of leading firefighter) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

• (b) for the provisions contained in Part II of Schedule 2 (practical examination for promotion to the rank of sub-officer) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Consequential Provision

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For the purposes of regulation 6(6)(a) of the 1978 Regulations (ineligibility to enter examination on account of entry for, but non-attendance at, that examination in the previous year), as regards eligibility to enter for a practical examination before 1st January 1995, the reference to the examination in question shall be taken to include a reference to the corresponding practical examination under Schedule 1 or 2, as the case may be, for which the member entered before 1st January 1994.

SCHEDULE 1 — PRACTICAL EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF LEADING FIREFIGHTER

(a) A practical test of ability to conduct a standard drill from the Fire Service Drill Book, including the ability to give detailed instructions to, and monitor the performance of, a crew undertaking such a drill; (b) An exercise in fireground procedure and control; and (c) A practical test of knowledge of an item of fire service equipment, including its design, use, disadvantages and limitations, and of the ability to instruct others on such matters.

SCHEDULE 2 — PRACTICAL EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF SUB-OFFICER

(a) A practical test of ability to organise and conduct a composite drill, that is to say a drill which achieves the objectives of two or more standard drills from the Fire Service Drill Book, including the ability to give detailed instructions to, and monitor the performance of, two crews undertaking such a drill; (b) An exercise in fireground procedure and control; and (c) A practical test of ability to assess the operational difficulties associated with a specific risk in the area of the candidate’s brigade, produce a plan to deal effectively with the risk, and communicate such assessment and plan in an instructional talk to others.

Signed

Fraser of Carmyllie — Minister of State Scottish Office — 8th December 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st January 1994, amend the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1978 (as previously amended in particular by S.I. 1985/1176, 1991/343, 1992/409 and 1992/2971). The effect of the amendments is to introduce for Scotland revised practical examinations (set out in the Schedules to these Regulations) for promotion in a fire brigade to the ranks of leading firefighter and sub-officer respectively save that, in the latter case, the reference to an exercise in fireground procedure and control (set out in paragraph (b) in Schedule 2) remains unaltered. The Regulations also make a consequential provision with regard to provisions (governing eligibility to enter a practical examination) which operate by reference to non-attendance at the examination in question in the previous year.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1947 c. 41; section 18(1) was amended by the Fire Services Act 1959 (c. 44), section 6 and Schedule.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1978/1727; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/1176, S.I. 1991/343, S.I. 1992/409 and S.I. 1992/2971.