18 Procedure and qualifications for appointments and promotions.E+W+S
(1)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council constituted under this Act, make regulations as to any of the following matters, that is to say—
(a)the method of appointment of chief officers of fire brigades maintained in pursuance of this Act;
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)the qualifications for appointment to any such brigade or to any rank therein, and for promotion into any such rank [F2and the method of ascertaining any such qualifications]
F3(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 18: power exercised by S.I. 1978/436, 1727; 1981/787; 1985/1176; 1988/31, 1362, 2235; 1989/49.
P2S. 18(1); power exercised by S.I. 1991/343.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 18(1)(b) repealed by Fire Services Act 1959 (c. 44), Sch.
F2Words added by Fire Services Act 1959 (c. 44), s. 6
F3S. 18(1)(d) and word "and" preceding para. (d) repealed by Fire Services Act 1959 (c. 44), Sch.