Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 134
Trade Unions
The Important Public Services (Fire) Regulations 2017
Made
9th February 2017
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 226(2D) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 226(2F) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992( 2 ) and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Important Public Services (Fire) Regulations 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into force on—
(a) 1st March 2017, or
(b) if later, at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which they are made.
Fire services
2. The following fire services are important public services for the purposes of section 226 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992—
(a) services provided by firefighters in extinguishing fires and protecting life and property in the event of fires; and
(b) services provided by fire and rescue authority personnel in dealing with, and organising a response to, a call made from a telephone or other device to request the services provided by firefighters as mentioned in paragraph (a).
Margot James
Minister for Small Business, Consumer and Corporate Responsibility
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
9th February 2017
1992 c.52 . Section 226(2D) was inserted by section 3 of the Trade Union Act 2016 (c.15) .
Section 226(2F) was inserted by section 3 of the Trade Union Act 2016.