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(1) The Commission shall be the National Rural Fire Authority for the purposes of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977.
(2) The principal functions of the Commission, in its capacity as the National Rural Fire Authority, shall be—
(a) to advise the Minister of rural fire matters relating to—
(i) this Act; or
(ii) the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977; or
(iii) any other Act:
(b) to perform the functions conferred on the National Rural Fire Authority by this Act or the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 or any other Act:
(c) to consult with all national organisations (including government departments and Crown agencies) which function as Fire Authorities, and with those organisations which represent the interests of different classes of Fire Authorities:
(d) to co-ordinate all matters relating to national rural fire control:
(e) [Repealed]
(f) to co-ordinate the operation of a national rural fire weather index, and to co-ordinate a national and regional system of rural fire hazard prediction and warnings:
(g) to promote and encourage research in matters relating to rural fire control:
(h) to promote and encourage the training and education of persons engaged in rural fire control (including those so engaged as principal rural fire officers or rural fire officers under the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977):
(i) to make such grants or other assistance available, as the Commission thinks fit, to any Fire Authority:
(j) to facilitate effective regional rural fire co-ordination:
(k) to set, in consultation with Fire Authorities, minimum standards for Fire Authorities in relation to the following matters:
(i) the training, equipping, and clothing of Fire Officers (as defined in section 2 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977) and any other persons required by a Fire Authority to attend a fire:
(ii) achieving timely responses to fires:
(iii) fire weather observation:
(iv) assessing fire hazards:
(l) to audit Fire Authorities' compliance with the standards set under paragraph (k):
(m) to monitor and evaluate the performance of Fire Authorities under the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977.
Section 14A: inserted, on 1 January 1991, by section 12 of the Fire Service Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 136).
Section 14A(2)(e): repealed, on 17 May 2005, by section 4(1) of the Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 52).
Section 14A(2)(j): amended, on 17 May 2005, by section 4(2) of the Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 52).
Section 14A(2)(k): added, on 17 May 2005, by section 4(3) of the Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 52).
Section 14A(2)(l): added, on 17 May 2005, by section 4(3) of the Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 52).
Section 14A(2)(m): added, on 17 May 2005, by section 4(3) of the Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 52).
