Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

FIRE BRIGADES REGULATIONS 1943 - REG 192

192 .         Demonstrations and competitions ²

        [(1)         deleted]

        (2)         The Authority may authorise such expenditure or make such grants as it considers necessary or expedient for the successful conduct of demonstrations and competitions, and, in particular, for all or any of the following purposes, viz. — 

            (a)         the transportation of members of brigades and their apparatus or plant;

            (b)         the purchase of trophies for competition by brigades and their members, and the allocation of the cost thereof;

            (c)         the entertainment of members of brigades, and visiting officials and brigades;

            (d)         any other matter incidental to the conducting of demonstrations and competitions.

        (3)         Subject to subregulation (3a), the Authority may from time to time make grants of money to brigades attending demonstrations outside the State.

        (3a)         A grant made under subregulation (3) shall not in any one financial year exceed an amount of $2 000 in respect of any one brigade and in any event the grants made under this regulation shall not exceed an aggregate of $8 000 in any one financial year.

        (4)         All expenditure incurred by the Authority under this regulation shall be charged in the first instance to demonstration costs, and thereafter shall be dealt with in the following manner, namely — 

            (a)         expenditure incurred in connection with the conducting of the annual Volunteer Fire Brigades’ Demonstration shall be apportioned equally between all private fire brigades permitted to compete, and all registered volunteer fire brigades eligible to compete, and when so apportioned, shall be charged against the fire district accordingly;

            (b)         expenditure incurred by the Authority in connection with brigades attending inter‑district competitions shall be charged against the fire district of the brigade in relation to which the expenditure was incurred;

            (c)         expenditure incurred by the Authority by way of grant to a brigade or brigades attending demonstrations or competitions outside Western Australia shall be charged against the fire district of the brigade to which the grant was made.

        [Regulation 192 amended in Gazette 19 Jul 1956 p. 1786; 1 May 1970 p. 1231; 13 Apr 1972 p. 801; 2 Aug 1974 p. 2875; 30 Sep 1977 p. 3531; 20 Jan 1978 p. 187; 19 Jan 1993 p. 738; 22 Dec 1998 p. 6847 and 6848; 16 May 2003 p. 1752‑3.]