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These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 25th August 1997.
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(1) The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 5 (appointment in the rank of junior firefighter) in paragraph (1)(c) the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted.
(3) In regulation 6 (promotion to, or appointment in, the rank of firefighter)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (b) the words “and shall not have attained the age of 31 years,” and
(ii) sub-paragraphs (c) and (e),
shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (2) in sub-paragraph (b) the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted; and
(c) in paragraph (3)—
(i) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—“
(a) Paragraph (1)(a), (b), (d) and (ee) shall apply also in relation to the qualifications for appointment of a person as a retained member of the fire brigade.”, and
(ii) sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
J. Ritchie
Assistant Secretary
30th June 1997.