(1) On and from the date of commencement of this Regulation, the existing Andaman and Nicobar Fire Service shall be called as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Fire and Emergency Service.
(2) All officers and subordinate ranks of the Fire and Emergency Service shall be liable for posting to any fire station or field formations in the Union territory.
(3) In case where the emergency service is not related only to fire, the decisions and directions of the authority in-charge of the emergency service shall prevail.
4. On and from the date of commencement of this Regulation, the superintendence of, and control over, the Fire and Emergency Service shall vest in the Government and the Fire and Emergency Service shall be administered by the Government in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and the rules made thereunder.