Civil Protection (Fire Safety Section) Regulations, 2024

L.N. 234 of 2024

CIVIL PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 411)

Civil Protection (Fire Safety Section) Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 7 of the Civil

Protection Act, the Minister responsible for Civil Protection has made

the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Civil Protection (Fire Citation.

Safety Section) Regulations, 2024.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Civil Protection Act;

"Assistance and Rescue Force" means the Assistance and

Rescue Force established by article 8 of the Act;

"Department" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it

in the Act;

"Director General" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"Section" means the Fire Safety Section established by

regulation 3.

(1) There shall be established a Section to be known as Establishment

of the Fire

the Fire Safety Section within the Assistance and Rescue Force.

Safety Section.

(2) The Section shall consist of a Deputy Director and Fire

Safety Engineers, who shall be warranted professionals as Perit

Arkitett, Perit Inġinier Ċivili or Engineer, and Fire Safety Officers who

are assigned as such by the Director General, or any officers in

equivalent grades who exercise equivalent duties

Provided that such officers shall meet the general

requirements as established in the Act to join the Assistance and

Rescue Force

Provided further that such officers shall be subject to the

same disciplinary rules and conditions and other rules applicable to the

members of the Assistance and Rescue Force.

(3)

The functions of the Section shall be

(a) to establish fire safety strategies and implement the

necessary fire safety measures;

(b) to indicate the standards to promote a high level of

fire safety;

(c) to monitor compliance with the relevant regulations

and standards and take the necessary enforcement action in

relation to fire safety;

(d) to promote dissemination of information regarding

fire safety and the methods required to prevent injury, ill health,

or death;

(e) to promote education and training on fire safety,

evacuation, emergencies and first aid firefighting;

(f)

to gather data and statistics on fire safety;

(g) to establish safe strategies and implement the

necessary measures in public events;

(h) to indicate the necessary standards to promote a high

level of public events safety;

(i) to monitor compliance with the relevant regulations

and standards and take the necessary enforcement action in

relation to public events;

(j)

to gather data and statistics on public events;

(k) to make recommendations to the Director General as

necessary; and

(l)

to carry out any duties assigned to it by the Director

General.

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