South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COUNTRY FIRES ACT 1989 - SECT 75

75—Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by this Act, or as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.

        (2) ¹         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, those regulations may—

            (a)         make any provision with respect to the formation, constitution, rules and operations of C.F.S. organisations, or any class of C.F.S. organisations, and any related organisational or administrative matters;

            (b)         make any provision with respect to—

                  (i)         the eligibility of persons to be members of C.F.S. organisations;

                  (ii)         the registration, training, functions and duties of the members of C.F.S. organisations;

                  (iii)         management matters relating to membership of C.F.S. organisations;

            (c)         make any provision with respect to—

                  (i)         the determination of complaints against members of C.F.S. organisations;

                  (ii)         the disciplining, in appropriate cases, of members of C.F.S. organisations;

            (d)         require councils to furnish the Board with periodic returns containing information relevant to fire-fighting within their respective areas;

            (e)         provide for the holding of coronial inquests at the request of the Board in prescribed circumstances;

            (f)         prescribe the design and regulate the use of uniforms and badges issued to C.F.S. officers and C.F.S. brigade members;

            (g)         provide for the clearing of firebreaks and the clearing or burning-off of land and provide that failure to clear a firebreak or to clear or burn-off land in accordance with the regulations constitutes evidence of negligence in any action for recovery of damages, or compensation, in respect of destruction of, or damage to, property by fire;

            (h)         provide for the operation, maintenance and inspection of fire-fighting equipment by C.F.S. organisations, members of the C.F.S., or councils;

                  (i)         regulate the design, construction, maintenance and use of fire alarms;

            (j)         make any other provision necessary or expedient for preventing, controlling or suppressing the outbreak of fire, or for dealing with any other emergency;

            (k)         prescribe any form, and regulate any procedure, for the purposes of this Act;

            (l)         provide that any specified persons, or that persons of a specified class, are, subject to the conditions (if any) stipulated in the regulations, exempt from any specified provision or provisions of this Act.

        (3)         Regulations under this Act—

            (a)         may be of general or restricted application;

            (b)         may—

                  (i)         leave any matter or thing to be determined, varied, dispensed with or regulated according to the discretion of the Board;

                  (ii)         confer other forms of discretionary powers;

            (c)         may impose a penalty (not exceeding a division 7 fine) for breach of, or non-compliance with, the regulations.

Note—

1         S 75(2)(g) had not come into operation at the date of the publication of this version.