Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 35 of 1979
- Royal Assent 19 July 1979
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I - Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Application of Act
5. Act binds the Crown
PART II - Administration Division 1 - Central administration
6. Tasmania Fire Service
7. State Fire Commission
7A. Chairperson of Commission
8. Functions and powers of Commission
8A. Commission may charge for services
9. Delegation by Commission
10. Chief Officer
10A. Section 10A
11. Directions from Minister
12. Section 12
13. Section 13
14. State Fire Management Council
15. Functions of Council
Division 2 - Regional and local administration
16. Section 16
17. Fire Management Areas
18. Fire Management Area Committees
19. Section 19
20. Functions and powers of Fire Management Area Committees
21. Directions in relation to Fire Management Areas
Division 3 - Staff
22. Section 22
23. Section 23
24. Appointments, &c.
24A. Section 24A
PART III - Brigades Division 1 - Establishment and composition of
brigades, &c.
25. Section 25
26. Brigades
27. Operational districts of brigades
28. Section 28
29. Powers and functions of brigade chiefs
30. Section 30
31. Section 31
32. Section 32
32A. Section 32A
33. Groups of brigades
34. Section 34
35. Powers and functions of group officers
Division 2 - Miscellaneous provisions
36. Section 36
37. Salvage corps or fire brigade may not be constituted unless
authorized
38. Section 38
39. Attendance at fires
40. Assistance in relation to civil emergencies
41. Services outside fire-fighting
42. Chain of command
43. Powers of forest officers
44. Powers of officers of Hydro-Electric Corporation
45. Powers of authorized national park officers
46. Section 46
47. Police officers at fires
PART IV - Preventing, controlling, and extinguishing fires
48. Inspection of land and premises
49. Fire hazards
50. Protection of public premises
51. Storage of hazardous and flammable material
52. Fire alarms
53. Fire protected areas
54. Section 54
55. Section 55
56. Formation of firebreaks
57. Firebreaks on Crown land
58. Powers of responsible fire officers
59. Liability of occupiers of Crown land
60. Powers of electricity entities in relation to lands subject to
wayleave easements
PART IVA - Accreditation
60A. Interpretation of Part
60B. Application for accreditation
60C. Requirements for accreditation
60D. Determination of application
60E. Approved conditions and restrictions
60F. Breach of condition or restriction
60G. Surrender, revocation or suspension of accreditation
60H. Accreditation cannot be transferred or assigned
60I. Appeals
PART V - Emergency Provisions
61. Fire permit period
62. Powers of Commission during fire permit periods
63. Restrictions on lighting fires
64. Duties of occupier of land
65. Fire permit officers
65A. Fire permit officers determine applications for permits
65B. Public notice of appointment, &c.
66. Permits to light fires
67. Revocation, suspension or variation of permits to light fires
68. Area of extreme fire hazard
69. Camp fires, &c.
70. Days of total fire ban
71. Prohibition on fires, &c., on days of total fire ban
72. Power of officers of Fire Service on days of total fire ban
73. Power to enter on neighbouring lands and extinguish fires
PART VA - Charters and plans Division 1 - Ministerial charter
73A. Interpretation of Part VA
73B. Ministerial charter
73C. Contents of ministerial charter
73D. Compliance with ministerial charter
Division 2 - Plans of Commission
73E. Corporate plan
73F. Consultation with Portfolio Minister and Stakeholder Minister
73G. Statement of corporate intent
73H. Strategic and operating plans
73I. Validity of actions, &c.
PART VI - Finances of Commission Division 1 - Preliminary
74. Interpretation of Part VI
74A. Declaration of rating districts
Division 2 -
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75. Section 75
76. Section 76
77. Section 77
Division 2A - General provision relating to defraying of operating
costs of all brigades
77A. Sources of contributions towards operating costs of all brigades
Division 2B - Provisions relating to contributions payable by
insurance companies towards operating costs of brigades
77B. Returns required to be lodged by insurance companies
77C. Contributions payable by insurance companies
77D. Section 77D
77E. Payment of contributions
77F. Inspectors
77G. Powers, &c., of inspectors
77GA. Insurance records
77H. False or misleading statements
77I. Offences by bodies corporate
77J. Recovery of unpaid contributions
Division 2C - Provisions relating to contribution payable by the
Treasurer towards operating costs of brigades
77K. Statement required to be lodged by Registrar of Motor Vehicles
77L. Contributions payable by Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Provisions relating to contributions payable by local
councils towards operating costs of brigades
78. Application of Division
79. Contributions payable by local councils
79A. Section 79A
79B. Minimum fire service contribution
80. Commission to obtain assessed annual value of land
81. Contributions to be made by local councils
81A. Allowable rate of annual increase or decrease in contribution
81B. Commission to notify local councils of contribution
81C. Collection by local councils of contribution
81D. Method of collection and administration
82. 2010 transitional doubts removal
83. Section 83
84. Section 84
85. Section 85
86. Section 86
87. Section 87
88. Section 88
89. Section 89
90. Section 90
91. Quarterly returns and payments of contributions
92. Section 92
92A. Recovery of unpaid contributions
93. Section 93
94. Section 94
95. Pensioner rebates
96. Section 96
97. Section 97
98. Section 98
99. Section 99
100. Section 100
Division 4 - Government contribution to the Commission
101. Government contributions with respect to certain expenditure incurred
by the Commission, &c.
Division 5 - Borrowing powers
102. Borrowing debentures or inscribed stock
103. Temporary borrowing on overdraft
Division 6 - Miscellaneous
104. Grants to councils or owners of land
105. Expenses of Council and Committees
106. Section 106
107. Expenditure outside Act
107A. Effect of Financial Agreement Act 1994
PART VIA - Reports and financial statements
107B. Interpretation of Part VIA
107C. Accounting records
107D. Financial statements
107E. Section 107E
107F. Section 107F
107G. Annual report
107H. Tabling of annual report
107I. Quarterly reports
107J. Minister may require information
PART VII - Miscellaneous
108. Directions, &c., given by Minister
109. Charges for services at fires
109A. False alarms
110. Power to use water for fires and drills, &c., without charge
111. Damage caused by members of Fire Service
112. Removal of debris after a fire
113. Owner of property to give information
114. Power of agents to deduct payments made for owners
115. Power of trustees, &c.
116. Service of notices
117. Orders, notices, &c., made by Commission
118. Evidence as to certain matters
119. Recovery and appropriation of charges
120. Assistance to officers
121. Liability of Commission, &c.
122. Failure to perform functions
123. Powers of entry of members of Fire Service
124. Powers of members of Fire Service to demand name and address
125. Power of police officer to arrest without warrant in certain cases
126. Section 126
127. Recognition of meritorious service
128. Offences and penalties
129. Proceedings to be heard by magistrate
130. Identification to be produced in certain cases
130A. Provisions relating to employment
131. Application of Acts Interpretation Act 1931 to notices published in
Gazette
132. Regulations
133. General Fire Regulations
133A. Appeals against provisions of General Fire Regulations
133B. Savings and transitional provisions
134. Section 134
135. Section 135
136. Section 136
137. Section 137
138. Section 138
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