South Australian Consolidated Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT 2005 - SECT 4

4—Establishment of areas for fire and emergency services

        (1)         The Commission may, by notice in the Gazette, establish a fire district or fire districts for the purposes of the operations of SAMFS.

        (2)         The Commission may, by notice in the Gazette—

            (a)         vary the boundaries of a fire district;

            (b)         abolish a fire district.

        (3)         Those parts of the State that lie outside a fire district will be taken to be the areas of the State that apply for the purposes of the operations of SACFS.

        (4)         In addition—

            (a)         SAMFS may act outside a fire district that applies under subsection (1), and SACFS may act outside an area that applies under subsection (3) (subject to any other provision made by this Act); and

            (b)         SAMFS and SACFS operations include acting in relation to any vessel.

        (5)         SASES may act in any part of the State (subject to any other provision made by this Act).

        (6)         Before a notice is published under subsection (1) or (2), the Commission must consult with—

            (a)         the Chief Officer of SAMFS; and

            (b)         the Chief Officer of SACFS.