The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Fire and Rescue Services) (England) Regulations 2024

Relevant services for the purposes of section 234B of the 1992 Act: fire and rescue services

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

3.—(1) The services specified in paragraph (2) are “relevant services” for the purposes of section 234B(3) of the 1992 Act (power of the Secretary of State to define “relevant services” for the purposes of Part 5 of that Act).

(2) The services mentioned in paragraph (1) are the fire and rescue services provided by—

(a)English FRAs, and

(b)English FRA contractors,

other than excluded services.

(3) Services are excluded services if and to the extent that they are provided by a volunteer firefighter or otherwise on a voluntary basis.

(4) In paragraph (3), “volunteer firefighter” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (England) Order 2006(1).

(1)

S.I. 2006/1811, as amended by S.I. 2014/447.