Fire Service
(Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 2003
A LAW to amend further the Fire
Service (Jersey) Law 1959.
Adopted by the
States 4th March 2003
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 12th June 2003
Registered by the
Royal Court 11th
July 2003
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law the “principal Law” means the Fire Service (Jersey) Law 1959.[1]
2 Article 1 amended
In Article 1 of the principal Law[2] –
(a) for
the definition of “the Committee” the following definition shall be
substituted –
“ ‘the
Committee’ means the Home Affairs
Committee;”;
(b) the
definition of “prescribed” shall be deleted.
3 Article 2 repealed and replaced
Article 2 of the principal Law[3] shall be repealed and the
following Article shall be substituted –
“2 The States
of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service
(1) There is established the States of Jersey
Fire and Rescue Service (in this Law referred to as “the Fire
Service”) which shall be constituted by –
(a) the Chief Fire Officer; and
(b) such other Fire Service Officers as may be
determined by the Committee.
(2) The Chief Fire Officer and the other Fire
Officers shall be appointed on such terms as to pay, allowances and other
conditions of service as shall from time to time be determined by the Committee
after consultation with the Policy and Resources Committee.
(3) A person appointed to the office of Chief
Fire Officer must as soon as practicable after being appointed to the office
take oath before the Royal Court well and faithfully to discharge the duties of
the office.”.
4 Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14 repealed
Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14 of the principal Law[4] shall be repealed.
5 Citation and commencement
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Fire Service (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 2003.
(2) This
Law shall come into force on such day as the States may by Act appoint.
M.N. DE LA HAYE
Greffier of the States.