Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CARELESS USE OF FIRE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990 (NO 52 OF 1990)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Careless Use of Fire (Amendment) Act 1990.  
   2.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Careless Use of Fire Act 1936.1  
   3.      After section 2 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:  
   4.      Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definitions:“ ‘bushfire brigade' means an organisation established under paragraph 5M (1) (b); ‘bushfire brigade member' means a person recruited as such in accordance with subsection 5M (3); ‘emergency volunteer' means a person recruited as such in accordance with subsection 5M (3); ‘fire control officer' means a person appointed under paragraph 5M (1) (a); ‘Manual' means the Rural Fire Control Manual prepared under section 5KA, as varied and in effect from time to time; ‘Service' means the Rural Firefighting Service established by this Act; ‘Tribunal' means the Australian Capital Territory Administrative Appeals Tribunal.”.  
   5.      Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   6.      After section 5 of the principal Act the following sections are inserted:  
   7.      Section 5B of the Principal Act is amended—  
   8.      Section 5C of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) “Chairman” and substituting “Chairperson”.  
   9.      Section 5D of the Principal Act is amended—  
   10.     The section 5H which was inserted in the Principal Act by the Careless Use of Fire Act 1940 is amended—  
   11.     The section 5H which was inserted in the Principal Act by the Remuneration (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1989 is renumbered as section 5J.  
   12.     Before section 5L of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:  
   13.     Section 5M of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:  
   14.     Section 5N of the Principal Act is amended—  
   15.     Section 5O of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted: