In England and Wales a fire authority or fire and rescue authority is a statutory body made up of a committee of local councillors which oversees the policy and service delivery of a fire and rescue service . Prior to the Fire Services Act 2004 many fire and rescue authorities were known as fire and civil defence authorities; this designation is no longer used.
28-455: A combined fire authority (CFA) is one created by a statutory instrument to cover more than one local authority area. Usually each of the constituent local authorities appoints a fixed number of members of the CFA, depending on their relative populations. A fire authority is made up of either councillors, officers or representatives from the local principal councils in the geographical area that
56-675: A precept - a portion of council tax allocated to the FRS. Although a fire safety officer is an employee of the fire service and is authorised and answerable to the Chief Fire Officer to exercise powers of inspection, any enforcement or prosecution action taken against organisations by the fire service is brought in the name of the fire authority, under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 . The fire service's powers of entry and other operational roles are defined by
84-613: A statutory instrument is a form of delegated legislation . Statutory instruments are the principal form of delegated or secondary legislation in the United Kingdom . Statutory instruments (or 'regulations') are primarily governed by the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , which replaced the system of statutory rules and orders governed by the Rules Publication Act 1893 . Following
112-753: A King's Printer for the province, who is an officer of the Department of the Provincial Treasury and is overseen by the minister of the Crown for that department. The King's Printer is required by law to publish the Royal Gazette , as well as copies of all legislation, journals of the legislature, and other material printed as the cost of the King in Right of Prince Edward Island . The Office of
140-541: A few years later Andrew Strahan operated with Eyre in the same role. Following Strahan's retirement in 1819 his nephews Andrew and Robert Spottiswoode continued to work as the King's Printer and were later to run the firms Spottiswoode and Co. and Eyre & Spottiswoode . From 1875 George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode were "printers to the Queen's most excellent majesty for Her Majesty's Stationery Office". In 1901 after
168-625: A full debate on contentious issues. Devolved administrations also have the power to make Statutory Instruments within the heads of powers that are devolved to them. Wales Statutory Instruments made by the Welsh Government are published as a subseries of the UK statutory instrument series—for example, the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2017 is numbered 2017 No. 714 (W. 171) , meaning it
196-559: A subseries of the UK series—instead, they are published separately by the Queen's Printer for Scotland . However, any UK statutory instruments dealing with reserved matters and applying only to Scotland are published in a UK subseries, such as the Insolvent Companies (Reports on Conduct of Directors) (Scotland) Rules 2016 numbered 2016 No. 185 (S. 1) . In Northern Ireland , delegated legislation
224-485: Is a branch of the province's Procurement and Supply Services department, and not only supplies paper and electronic copies of all legislation, regulations, and related materials, including the British Columbia Gazette , but also operates a book and gift store called Crown Publications, and provides to the public printing, copying, and binding services. Once legislation has been granted Royal Assent ,
252-478: Is devolved to the Welsh Government. In simple terms a local fire authority is a supervisory body which ensures that a local fire service performs efficiently and in the best interest of the public and community it serves. It means therefore that the fire service is answerable for its actions and performance to the general public. One of its main functions is to collect funding from each local council via
280-511: Is organised into statutory rules , rather than statutory instruments. In the Republic of Ireland the term "statutory instrument" is given a much broader meaning than under the UK legislation. Under the Statutory Instruments Act 1947 a statutory instrument is defined as being "an order, regulation, rule, scheme or bye-law made in exercise of a power conferred by statute". However, only certain statutory instrument are published and numbered by
308-673: Is the 714th statutory instrument in the UK series and 171st in the Wales subseries. In Scotland , statutory instruments made by the Scottish Government were governed by the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 following devolution until the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 came into force. Unlike Wales Statutory Instruments, Scottish Statutory Instruments are not published as
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#1732802201829336-701: The Alberta Gazette , in both hard copy and electronic forms. Such print and digital media is also distributed by the King's Printer to libraries around Alberta, as well as being sold at a dedicated bookstore in Edmonton and via the Internet . The King's Printer themself is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta -in- Council . In British Columbia , the office of the King's Printer and Comptroller of Stationery for British Columbia
364-465: The 2016 EU membership referendum and the subsequent publication of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill , there has been concern that its powers enabling ministers to issue statutory instruments under the bill may enable the government to bypass Parliament. Although this has been criticised by some as being undemocratic, draft regulations must be "laid before" Parliament, which may always demand
392-651: The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 This act provides the legal basis for fire authorities to carry out community rather than legislative fire safety functions. There are many specific acts of parliament which deal with fire safety, inspection and enforcement; in October 2006 (later than anticipated), many outdated acts were repealed, and placed under the umbrella of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Statutory instrument In many countries,
420-589: The King-in - federal-Council . The Minister of Public Works and Government Services is empowered by the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to appoint the King's Printer for Canada on behalf of the sovereign. The Alberta King's Printer is the position, created in 1906, that oversees the administration of Crown copyright in the province, as well as publishing and distributing copies of legislation, regulations, and related material, including
448-693: The King-in-Council , Ministers of the Crown , or other departments. The position is defined by letters patent under the royal prerogative in Canada and the United Kingdom. The King's Printer for Canada , so titled as to distinguish it from the equivalent position in each of the Canadian provinces , is the individual in Ottawa responsible for the publishing and printing requirements of
476-699: The Stationery Office , this being mostly where the statute enabling the enactment of delegated legislation required that any such legislation be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas . Two close equivalents of similar operation are Similarly to the United Kingdom, national and state/provincial governments in Australia and Canada also call their delegated legislation statutory instruments. Canada uses statutory instruments for proclamations by
504-649: The Bible, New Testament and Book of Psalms. The other two exceptions are that separate sets of letters patent grant the Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press the right to print and distribute the Authorised Version of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer regardless of who holds the office of King's Printer. In 1767 Charles Eyre received a patent as the King's Printer and
532-575: The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly must provide to the King's Printer a certified copy of the new law, as well as the journals of all sessions of the legislature. A King's Printer for New Brunswick is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick on the advice of their Executive Council , and thereafter publishes the regulations, acts of the provincial parliament, and The Royal Gazette , and supplies them to libraries across
560-591: The Communications and Engagement Division, continues a 150-year tradition of communicating the work of the Manitoba government to the public. The King's Printer for Ontario holds Crown copyright in that province, and all material hence bears the mark © King's Printer for Ontario . The department must, by law, print the Ontario Gazette . The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island appoints
588-645: The King of Canada. For example, the Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on April 17, 1982 brought into force the Constitution Act 1982 , the UK parts of which are known as the Canada Act 1982 . Queen%27s Printer for Scotland The King's Printer (known as the Queen's Printer during the reign of a female monarch) is typically a bureau of the national, state, or provincial government responsible for producing official documents issued by
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#1732802201829616-502: The King's Printer has been in existence since 1976. It performs its basic function as a legislative printer, comptroller of stationery, printer for the departments, publisher of The Yukon Gazette, and printer of the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. The holder of the letters patent has the nearly exclusive right of printing, publishing and importing the Authorised Version of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer within
644-597: The King's Printer in Saskatchewan is based in Regina and has the duty of publishing and distributing official copies of all legislation, regulations, and related material, including the Saskatchewan Gazette , and any other publications ordered by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan -in- Council . The King's Printer also holds Crown copyright on behalf of the King in Right of Saskatchewan , and has
672-580: The United Kingdom's jurisdiction. There are three exceptions which apply to this right. One is that the office of King's Printer only extends to England , Wales and Northern Ireland . Within Scotland the rights to the King James Bible are administered for the Crown by the Bible Board , which holds the office of His Majesty's sole and only Master Printers and which licenses the printing of
700-423: The ability to release, in exceptional circumstances, such copyright on a one-time basis. The Queen's Printer themself is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan -in- Council . Once legislation in has been granted Royal Assent, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly must provide to the King's Printer a certified copy of the new law, as well as the journals of all sessions of the legislature. In Yukon,
728-481: The accession of King Edward VII the firm of Eyre & Spottiswoode was "re-appointed King's Printer". The Controller of HMSO is appointed by Letters Patent to the office of King's Printer of Acts of Parliament. Section 92 of the Scotland Act 1998 establishes the office of King's Printer for Scotland, and provides for it to be held by the King's Printer of Acts of Parliament. The King's Printer for Scotland
756-659: The fire service operates. In the case of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority , there is an additional layer of governance above in the form of the London Assembly . The responsible central government department in England is the Home Office , previously the Department for Communities and Local Government had responsibility until January 5, 2016. Responsibility for Fire and Rescue Services in Wales
784-501: The province and for sale to the public. King's Printer for Manitoba was established in 1870 at the founding of Manitoba. The current King's Printer is the Deputy Minister of Finance, however the function is delegated to the Communications and Engagement Division of Manitoba Finance . Under the Queen's Printer Act of Manitoba, the King's Printer has three roles: In these roles, the King's Printer of Manitoba, represented by
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