23AGroups of brigades

23A Groups of brigades S. 23A(1) amended by No. 5/2012 s. 14. (1) Any two or more brigades registered under this Act may for the purposes of fire prevention or suppression combine to form a group of brigades. S. 23A(2) amended by No. 39/1992 (2) Upon being notified in the prescribed manner and form of the formation or the variation of the composition of a group of such brigades the Authority may approve or disapprove of the formation or the variation of the composition of the group. S. 23A(3) amended by No. 10149 s. 7(3)(a). (3) If the Authority approves of the formation of a group of brigades it shall register the group and enrol the following officers— (a) a group officer; (b) such number of deputy group officers as are approved by the Authority for the group; (c) a group communications officer; (d) a group secretary. S. 23A(4) amended by No. 10149 s. 7(3)(b). (4) The Authority may at any time and from time to time cancel the registration of any group of brigades or the enrolment of any person enrolled pursuant to subsection (3). S. 23A(5) inserted by No. 24/1997 s. 12(5), repealed by No. 11/1998 No. 5040 s. 25.