Commentary on provisions of Act Section 17: Minor amendments
This section makes minor amendments to enactments to give Ministry of Defence fire-fighters the same exemptions from provisions in those enactments as employees of Fire and Rescue Authorities. The enactments are:
section 102(4) of the Transport Act 1968 (exemption for fire brigades, etc to rules on drivers’ hours)
section 15(7)(a)(i) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 (exception for fire and rescue vehicles to offence of parking on footways, etc)
section 62(2)(a) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (exception for fire brigades, etc to prohibition on use of loud-speakers in streets)
section 135(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (restrictions on transfer of oil at night).