Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FIRE BRIGADES ACT 1942 - SECT 5

5 .         Fire districts

        (1)         Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the local government districts and parts thereof constituted as fire districts prior to the coming into operation of the Fire Brigades Act Amendment Act 1971 ¹ , as set out in the Second Schedule, are for the purposes of this Act fire districts under the respective names as set out in the Schedule.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette  —

            (a)         constitute as a fire district all or part of a district under the Local Government Act 1995 which is not a fire district under subsection (1);

        [(b)         deleted]

            (c)         subject to subsection (5) unite any 2 or more fire districts the areas of which are contiguous, into one fire district;

            (d)         adjust the boundaries of a fire district;

            (e)         abolish a fire district;

            (f)         assign a name to, or alter the name of a fire district;

            (g)         include or remove, as the case may be, the name of a fire district or local government district in or from Part II, III, or IV of the Second Schedule;

            (h)         transfer the name of a fire district from one Part to another Part of the Second Schedule; and

                  (i)         vary or revoke a notice under this subsection.

        [(3)         deleted]

        (4)         The local government districts and parts thereof mentioned in Parts I and II of the Second Schedule are united into one fire district under the name of the Metropolitan Fire District.

        (5)         Before a notice is made under the provisions of subsection (2)(c), the Minister shall give to the local governments whose districts or portion thereof are to be the subject of the notice, at least 30 days’ notice of intention to make the notice.

        (6)         Any vessel lying in any river, harbour, or other water within or adjacent to any district shall be subject to this Act in the same manner as if it were premises within a district. But this subsection shall not apply to any of Her Majesty’s vessels of war or to any vessel which belongs to the Government of any foreign State (not being an enemy).

        [Section 5 amended by No. 41 of 1951 s. 3(3); No. 34 of 1959 s. 2; No. 34 of 1963 s. 5; No. 27 of 1971 s. 3; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 38 of 2002 s. 45(1)-(3).]