Fire Brigade Services Act, 1987 (Act No. 99 of 1987)

6. Members of service

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(1)A controlling authority may appoint any person who possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience, as a member of its service to perform such functions as may be assigned to him by the chief fire officer: Provided that a controlling authority may, after due consideration of the peculiar circumstances of a specific case, appoint any person who does not possess the prescribed qualifications and experience as a member of its service subject to the general conditions determined by the Board.

 

(2)A person who immediately prior to the commencement of this Act was employed as a member of a service of a local authority in terms of a law which is repealed by this Act, shall be deemed to have been appointed in terms of subsection (1).