Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Emergency response areas

   PART 2 - NORTHERN TERRITORY FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE

           Division 1 - Establishment of Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service

   5.      Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service
   6.      Role of Fire and Rescue Service
   7.      Director and Chief Fire Officer
   8.      Powers and functions of Director
   9.      Powers and functions of Chief Fire Officer
   10.     Delegation

           Division 2 - Establishment of Fire and Emergency Response Groups

   11.     Establishment of fire and emergency response groups
   12.     Operation of fire and emergency response group

           Division 3 - Auxiliary Members and Volunteer Members

   13.     Auxiliary members
   14.     Volunteer members
   15.     Protection of employment rights

           Division 4 - Operation of Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service

   16.     Powers and functions of members
   17.     General orders

   PART 3 - FIRES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

           Division 1 - Dealing with Fires and Other Emergencies

   18.     Members to attend all incidents
   19.     Incident commander
   20.     Powers of incident commander
   21.     Authority of incident commander to be recognised

           Division 2 - Investigations of Fires and Other Emergencies

   22.     Fire investigators
   23.     Powers of fire investigators
   24.     Fire investigations

           Division 3 - Prevention of Fires and Other Emergencies

   25.     Hazard reduction powers
   26.     Appeal against notice
   27.     Liability where notice not complied with
   27A.    Certain buildings to be inspected regularly for fire safety etc.
   27B.    Certain buildings may be treated as within different prescribed class

   PART 4 - RESTRICTIONS ON LIGHTING FIRES

           Division 1 - Fires in Open Air

   28.     General prohibition against lighting fires in open air
   29.     Lawful fires
   30.     Granting of permits

           Division 2 - Fire Ban Days

   31.     Declaration of fire ban days
   32.     Fires prohibited on fire ban days

   PART 5 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF OCCUPIERS OF LAND IN RELATION TO FIRES

   33.     Occupier to extinguish fire
   34.     Power of occupier to enter land, &c.

   PART 6 - OFFENCES

           Division 1 - Offences Relating to Fires

   35.     General offences
   36.     Fires to be extinguished

           Division 2 - Offences in Relation to Fire and Rescue Service

   37.     Delivery of property
   38.     Communication of information
   39.     Personation
   40.     Offering bribe

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   41.     Restrictions on sale of notified articles
   42.     Damage within insurance policy
   43.     Fees and charges
   44.     Commissioned ranks
   45.     Fire and Rescue Service Gazette
   46.     Service of notices
   47.     Protection of members
   48.     Liability of person for fire lit by agent or employee
   49.     Liability of directors
   50.     Evidence in proceedings
   51.     Commencement of prosecutions
   52.     General penalty
   53.     Continuing offences
   54.     Regulations
   55.     Repeals
   56.     Savings and transitional
           Endnotes