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COUNTRY FIRES ACT 1989 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.

Repeal of Act

The Country Fires Act 1989 was repealed by Sch 6 cl 13(a) of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005 on 1.10.2005.

Legislation repealed by principal Act

The Country Fires Act 1989 repealed the following:

Country Fires Act 1976

Principal Act and amendments

Year

No

Title

Assent

Commencement

1989

38

Country Fires Act 1989

4.5.1989

18.9.1989 (Gazette 14.9.1989 p866) except s 75(2)(g)—uncommenced

1996

40

Country Fires (Audit Requirements) Amendment Act 1996

6.6.1996

6.6.1996

1998

63

Emergency Services Funding Act 1998

10.9.1998

Sch 2 (cl 1)—30.6.1999 (Gazette 13.5.1999 p2502)

1999

12

Statutes Amendment (Local Government and Fire Prevention) Act 1999

18.3.1999

Pt 2 (s 4)—7.10.1999 (Gazette 7.10.1999 p1416)

1999

(159)

Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 1999 (Gazette 29.7.1999 p 626)


29.7.1999: r 2

2000

89

Country Fires (Incident Control) Amendment Act 2000

21.12.2000

8.3.2001 (Gazette 8.3.2001 p833)

2003

57

Statutes Amendment (Bushfire Summit Recommendations) Act 2003

4.12.2003

Pt 2 (ss 4—10)—18.12.2003 (Gazette 11.12.2003 p4430)

Provisions amended

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision

How varied

Commencement

Long title

amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

18.12.2003

Pt 1



s 3



s 3(1)



Corporation

inserted by 89/2000 s 3(a)

8.3.2001

forest reserve

inserted by 89/2000 s 3(b)

8.3.2001

government officer

deleted by 89/2000 s 3(c)

8.3.2001

government reserve

deleted by 89/2000 s 3(c)

8.3.2001

Pt 2



s 8

amended by 89/2000 s 4

8.3.2001

Pt 3



s 19A

inserted by 63/1998 Sch 2 (cl 1(a))

30.6.1999

s 21



s 21(3)

amended by 40/1996 s 2(a)

6.6.1996

s 21(3a)

inserted by 40/1996 s 2(b)

6.6.1996

s 22

deleted by 63/1998 Sch 2 (cl 1(b))

30.6.1999

s 24



s 24(3)

deleted by 63/1998 Sch 2 (cl 1(c))

30.6.1999

Pt 4



s 28



s 28(2)

amended by 159/1999, r 4(a) (Sch 1 cl 1)

29.7.1999

s 34



s 34(4)

amended by 57/2003 s 4

18.12.2003

Pt 5



s 36



s 36(1)

amended by 57/2003 s 5

18.12.2003

s 40



s 40(2)

amended by 12/1999 s 4(a)

7.10.1999

s 40(4)

substituted by 57/2003 s 6(1)

18.12.2003

s 40(4a)

inserted by 12/1999 s 4(b)

7.10.1999

s 40(5)

amended by 12/1999 s 4(c)

7.10.1999


amended by 57/2003 s 6(2), (3)

18.12.2003

s 40(7a) and (7b)

inserted by 12/1999 s 4(d)

7.10.1999

s 40(18)

amended by 12/1999 s 4(e)

7.10.1999

s 45

amended by 57/2003 s 7

18.12.2003

s 46

amended by 57/2003 s 8

18.12.2003

s 47



s 47(1)

amended by 57/2003 s 9

18.12.2003

s 48



s 48(1)

s 48 redesignated as s 48(1) by 89/2000 s 5

8.3.2001

s 48(2)

inserted by 89/2000 s 5

8.3.2001

Pt 6



s 53



s 53(2)

amended by 89/2000 s 6(a)

8.3.2001

s 53(3) and (4)

inserted by 89/2000 s 6(b)

8.3.2001

s 54



s 54(1a)

inserted by 89/2000 s 7(a)

8.3.2001

s 54(3)—(5)

substituted by 89/2000 s 7(b)

8.3.2001

s 54(6)

deleted by 89/2000 s 7(b)

8.3.2001

s 54(7)

amended by 89/2000 s 7(c), (d)

8.3.2001

s 54(8)

substituted by 89/2000 s 7(e)

8.3.2001

Pt 7



s 62A

inserted by 57/2003 s 10

18.12.2003

s 76

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

18.12.2003

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Emergency Services Funding Act 1998, Sch 2

4—Reimbursement by insurers to policy holders

(1) Subject to subclause (2), any amount that an insurer receives or recovers from a policy holder in respect of the insurer's purported liability under Part 3 of the Country Fires Act 1989 or Part 6 of the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service Act 1936 for a period occurring after 30 June 1999 must be reimbursed by the insurer to the policy holder.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to an amount that is less than ten dollars.

(3) The amounts that an insurer does not reimburse to policy holders by reason of subclause (2) must be paid by the insurer into the Community Emergency Services Fund.

(4) A policy holder may recover an amount due by an insurer under this clause as a debt.

(5) In this clause—

insurer means—

(a) in relation to the Country Fires Act 1989—an insurer for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act;

(b) in relation to the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service Act 1936—an insurance company for the purposes of Part 6 of that Act.

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—6.6.1996


Reprint No 2—30.6.1999


Reprint No 3—29.7.1999


Reprint No 4—7.10.1999


Reprint No 5—8.3.2001


Appendix—Divisional penalties and expiation fees

At the date of publication of this reprint divisional penalties and expiation fees are, as provided by section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915, as follows:


Division

Maximum imprisonment

Maximum fine

Expiation fee

1

15 years

$60 000


2

10 years

$40 000


3

7 years

$30 000


4

4 years

$15 000


5

2 years

$8 000


6

1 year

$4 000

$300

7

6 months

$2 000

$200

8

3 months

$1 000

$150

9


$500

$100

10


$200

$75

11


$100

$50

12


$50

$25

Note: This appendix is provided for convenience of reference only.



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