Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FIRE BRIGADES ACT 1942 - SECT 35

35 .         Power to make regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), regulations may be made for all or any of the following purposes —

        [(a)-(c)         deleted]

            (d)         for the examination, appointment, suspension, and removal of officers and members of brigades and other employees, and for regulating the duties and conduct of such officers and members and other employees;

            (e)         for the establishment and maintenance of brigades and for the payment of salaries or wages to officers and members of permanent brigades and other employees;

            (f)         for the training of officers and members of brigades;

            (g)         for the payment of compensation in cases of accidents to officers and members of brigades and other employees of the Authority or where death ensues therefrom to their dependants;

        [(h)         deleted]

                  (i)         for paying gratuities in respect of voluntary or special services rendered;

            (j)         for permitting, when occasion requires any, portion of a brigade or its apparatus and plant to proceed or be taken beyond the limits of any district for the purpose of attending fires, hazardous material incidents or rescue operations, and for regulating the charges for such service;

            (k)         for dividing any district into subdistricts;

            (l)         for ensuring discipline and good conduct amongst officers and members of brigades, and generally for the maintenance of brigades in a due state of efficiency;

            (m)         for the registration of all brigades;

            (n)         for regulating and controlling the management of hazardous material incidents;

            (na)         for regulating and controlling rescue operations;

            (o)         for regulating and controlling demonstrations and competitions;

            (p)         for establishing and maintaining a salvage force, and for prescribing the charges to be levied for the services of such force;

            (pa)         for prescribing the fees to be charged pursuant to section 26A(2)(j), and the persons liable to pay such fees;

        [(q)         deleted]

            (r)         for prescribing the uniforms to be worn by officers and members of brigades when on duty;

            (s)         for regulating the storage and deposit of inflammable matter and hazardous materials;

        [(t), (u)         deleted]

                  (v)         for the control and attendance of officers and members of brigades on duty in public buildings and premises, and prescribing fees and charges to be paid by the owner or occupier of any such building and premises for such service, and for the recovery thereof;

            (w)         for managing and regulating the distributing of all revenue received under the provisions of this Act;

                  (x)         for altering the date prescribed by this Act for the doing or performance of any duty to any other date; and

            (y)         for imposing penalties for breaches of regulations, the maximum penalty in any case not to be fixed at a greater sum than $2 500.

        [Section 35 amended by No. 34 of 1959 s. 6; No. 34 of 1963 s. 8; No. 42 of 1966 s. 12; No. 28 of 1982 s. 21; No. 51 of 1985 s. 10; No. 87 of 1985 s. 34; No. 52 of 1994 s. 23 and 34; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 42 of 1998 s. 26 and 37; No. 38 of 2002 s. 53; No. 42 of 2002 s. 21.]