Hong Kong Regulations

ESSENTIAL SERVICES (AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE) CORPS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Modification of principal regulations

The principal regulations shall apply to the Auxiliary Fire Service Unit with
the following modifications-

   (a)  members of the Auxiliary Fire Service Unit shall when called out for
        active service or under training be deemed to be for all the purposes
        of section 10 of the Fire Services Ordinance ( Cap 95) members of the
        Fire Services Department; (L.N. 50 of 1967)

   (b)  any member of the Auxiliary Fire Service Unit who is authorized by the
        Unit Controller to take charge of the Unit on the occasion of a fire
        shall have all the powers conferred on the Director of Fire Services
        under section 10 of the Fire Services Ordinance ( Cap 95);

        (c)	"training" (訓練) includes training in extinguishing fires and in 
protecting life and property during and after a fire, whether given on the
occasion of a fire or otherwise; (L.N. 50 of 1967)

   (d)  the powers and duties vested in and to be discharged by the
        Commissioner under the principal regulations shall so far as concerns
        the Auxiliary Fire Service Unit be exercised and discharged by the
        Unit Controller: Provided that for the purpose of giving effect to
        this paragraph-

        (i)    regulation 15 of the principal regulations shall be read as if
the words "on the recommendation of the Commissioner" had been deleted; and

        (ii)   paragraph (1) of regulation 16 of the principal regulations
               shall be read as if the words "on the recommendation of the
               appropriate Unit or Sub-Unit Controller" had been deleted.
               "training" (訓練)