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EMERGENCY SERVICES
LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
Queensland
EMERGENCY SERVICES LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--INTRODUCTION
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FIRE SERVICE ACT 1990
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 5 (Savings and transitional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 6 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Replacement of s 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
19 Delegation by commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7 Amendment of s 25 (Personnel of Queensland Fire Service) . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8 Insertion of new s 25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
25A Application of employment laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Replacement of s 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
31 Implementation of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Omission of ss 3440 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
11 Amendment of s 41 (Superannuation scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
12 Amendment of s 42 (Trustees of superannuation scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
13 Amendment of s 44 (Powers and functions of trustees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
14 Amendment of s 46 (Employees of trustees may be contributors
to scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
15 Insertion of new pt 8, div 1 and hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Division 1--Local fire bans
86A Imposing local fire ban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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86B Publicising local fire ban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
86C Cancelling local fire ban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
86D Period of local fire ban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
86E Effect of local fire ban on other authorisations to light fires . . . . . . 13
86F Contravening local fire ban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
86G Evidentiary aid about local fire ban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Division 2--Declarations of state of fire emergency
16 Amendment of s 92 (Failure to comply with declaration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
17 Amendment of s 93 (Certificate re declaration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
18 Amendment of s 94 (Interpretation of part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
19 Amendment of s 104 (Punishment for certain offences against
this part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
20 Amendment of s 104H (Prohibition on prescribed use without
certificate of compliance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
21 Amendment of s 104I (Certificate of compliance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
22 Amendment of s 104L (Persons aggrieved by notice may object) . . . . . . . 16
23 Amendment of s 105 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
24 Amendment of s 106 (Constitution of urban districts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
25 Amendment of s 108 (Annual contributions of owners of
prescribed properties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
26 Amendment of s 109 (Annual returns by component local
governments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
27 Amendment of s 110 (Discount for pensioners) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
28 Amendment of s 112 (Determinations and notifications of
contributions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
29 Amendment of s 113 (Appeal against local government's
determination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
30 Amendment of s 117 (Collection fee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
31 Amendment of s 118 (Payments by component local
government's to commissioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
32 Amendment of s 119 (Failure by component local government to
make payment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
33 Amendment of s 123 (Recovery of arrears) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
34 Amendment of s 125 (Proof of amounts owing re contributions) . . . . . . . . . 20
35 Amendment of s 144 (Charges for services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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36 Amendment of s 148 (Prosecutions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
37 Amendment of s 149 (General penalty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
38 Amendment of s 153 (Evidentiary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
39 Insertion of new s 153B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
153B Approval of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
40 Amendment of s 154 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
41 Insertion of new part 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PART 12--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
155 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
156 Continuation of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
157 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
158 References to officer of the Queensland Fire Service . . . . . . . . . . . 23
159 Annual contributions (excluding 199495 financial year) . . . . . . . . 23
160 Annual contributions for 199495 financial year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
42 Amendment of sch 4 (Matters concerning operation of the rural
fire council and the trustees of the superannuation scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
43 Amendment of sch 5 (Prescribed uses of buildings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF STATE COUNTERDISASTER
ORGANIZATION ACT 1975
44 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
45 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
46 Amendment of s 4 (Repeal and savings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
47 Amendment of s 6 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
48 Amendment of s 9 (State Counter-Disaster Organization) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
49 Amendment of s 11 (Business of Organization) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
50 Amendment of s 12 (Central Control Group) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
51 Amendment of s 13 (State Emergency Service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
52 Amendment of s 14 (Functions of State Emergency Service) . . . . . . . . . . . 28
53 Insertion of new ss 14A and 14B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
14A Appointment of authorised officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
14B Powers of authorised officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
54 Amendment of s 15 (Powers and duties of Director generally) . . . . . . . . . . 29
55 Amendment of s 16 (Powers and duties of Director as executive
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officer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
16 Executive officer's functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
56 Amendment of s 18 (Declaration of regions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
57 Omission of s 19 (Appointment of regional operations officer) . . . . . . . . . . 30
58 Amendment of s 20 (Disaster districts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
59 Amendment of s 21 (Disaster district control groups) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
60 Replacement of s 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
22 Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
61 Amendment of s 23 (Power of disaster district co-ordinator to
declare state of disaster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
62 Amendment of s 24 (Power of Governor in Council to declare
state of disaster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
63 Amendment of s 25 (Powers upon declaration of state of disaster) . . . . . . 32
64 Amendment of s 26 (Duties as to counter-disaster measures) . . . . . . . . . . . 33
65 Insertion of new ss 28A and 28B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
28A Warning devices and lights on vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
28B Exemption from tolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
66 Amendment of s 31 (Offences generally and penalty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
67 Amendment of s 32 (Proceedings for offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
68 Amendment of s 34 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
69 Omission of s 34A (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
70 Replacement of ss 37 and 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
37 Approval of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
38 Regulation making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PART 6--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
39 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
40 References to combined local authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
1995
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend legislation about emergency services
s1 6 s4
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--INTRODUCTION 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services Legislation 4
Amendment Act 1995. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2. Sections 7 to 10, and section 41 (so far as it inserts into the Fire 7
Service Act 1990 new sections 155 and 156), commence on a day fixed by 8
proclamation. 9
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FIRE SERVICE ACT 1990 10
amended in pt 2 11
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Fire Service Act 1990. 12
of s 5 (Savings and transitional) 13
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 5-- 14
insert-- 15
`(14) This section and schedule 3 are laws to which the Acts 16
Interpretation Act 1954, section 20A applies. 17
`(15) This section and schedule 3 expire on the day this subsection 18
commences.'. 19
s5 7 s6
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of s 6 (Interpretation) 1
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 6, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Definitions'. 4
(2) Section 6, definitions "officer of the Queensland Fire Service" and 5
"Queensland Fire Service"-- 6
omit. 7
(3) Section 6-- 8
insert-- 9
` "approved form" see section 153B.1 10
"approved superannuation scheme" means-- 11
(a) the fire service superannuation scheme; or 12
(b) a superannuation scheme approved under section 41(2B). 13
"broadcasting service" means a service that delivers television or radio 14
programs to persons having equipment appropriate for receiving the 15
service. 16
"fire ban area" see section 86A. 17
"fire service" means the Queensland Fire Service. 18
"fire service officer" means a person appointed to, or employed in, the fire 19
service, but does not include the person holding office as 20
commissioner. 21
"fire service superannuation scheme" see section 41(1). 22
"local fire ban" see section 86A.'. 23
of s 19 24
Replacement
Clause 6. Section 19-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
1 Section 153B (Approval of forms)
s7 8 s9
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by commissioner 1
`Delegation
`19.(1) The commissioner may delegate the commissioner's powers 2
under this Act to a fire service officer, an officer of a rural fire brigade, a 3
chief fire warden or a fire warden. 4
`(2) In subsection (1), a reference to the commissioner's powers includes 5
a reference to the commissioner's powers as an authorised fire officer.'. 6
of s 25 (Personnel of Queensland Fire Service) 7
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 25(4)-- 8
omit. 9
of new s 25A 10
Insertion
Clause 8. After section 25-- 11
insert-- 12
of employment laws 13
`Application
`25A.(1) The Public Service Management and Employment Act 1988 14
does not apply to fire service officers. 15
`(2) Fire service officers (other than persons appointed, employed or 16
engaged as auxiliary fire officers) are public sector employees within the 17
meaning of the Public Sector Management Commission Act 1990.'. 18
of s 31 19
Replacement
Clause 9. Section 31-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
of order 22
`Implementation
`31. An order about disciplinary action must not be implemented-- 23
(a) if an appeal about the disciplinary action is started under the 24
Public Sector Management Commission Act 1990--until after the 25
determination or withdrawal of the appeal or the appeal lapses, 26
whichever happens first; or 27
s 10 9 s 11
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(b) if an appeal about the disciplinary action is not started under that 1
Act--until the time for starting an appeal has ended.'. 2
of ss 3440 3
Omission
Clause 10. Sections 34 to 40-- 4
omit. 5
of s 41 (Superannuation scheme) 6
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 41, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Superannuation schemes'. 9
(2) Section 41(1)(a), `(the "superannuation scheme")'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(the "fire service superannuation scheme")'. 12
(3) Section 41(1)(b) and (d) and (2), `the superannuation scheme'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 15
(4) Section 41(2A), `the scheme'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 18
(5) Section 41-- 19
insert-- 20
`(2B) The Governor in Council may approve a superannuation scheme 21
for this section.'. 22
(6) Section 41(3), `the superannuation scheme'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`an approved superannuation scheme'. 25
(7) Section 41(3), `contribute to the scheme'-- 26
s 12 10 s 12
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omit, insert-- 1
`contribute to an approved superannuation scheme'. 2
(8) Section 41(4), `A contributor referred to in subsection (3)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`A contributor to the fire service superannuation scheme'. 5
(9) Section 41(4), `the superannuation scheme'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`the scheme'. 8
(10) Section 41(4A), `the superannuation scheme'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 11
(11) Section 41(5), `contribute to the superannuation scheme'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`contribute to the fire service superannuation scheme'. 14
(12) Section 41(5), `pay to the superannuation scheme'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`pay to the scheme'. 17
(13) Section 41(5), `contribution to the superannuation scheme'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`contribution to the scheme'. 20
of s 42 (Trustees of superannuation scheme) 21
Amendment
Clause 12.(1) Section 42, heading-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`Trustees of fire service superannuation scheme'. 24
(2) Section 42(1), (4) and (5), `the superannuation scheme'-- 25
s 13 11 s 15
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omit, insert-- 1
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 2
of s 44 (Powers and functions of trustees) 3
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 44, `the superannuation scheme'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 6
of s 46 (Employees of trustees may be contributors to 7
Amendment
scheme) 8
Clause 14. Section 46, `the superannuation scheme'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 11
of new pt 8, div 1 and hdg 12
Insertion
Clause 15. Part 8, before section 87-- 13
insert-- 14
`Division 1--Local fire bans 15
local fire ban 16
`Imposing
`86A.(1) If the commissioner considers a fire emergency exists in a local 17
government's area, the commissioner may impose a fire ban (a "local fire 18
ban") in the area. 19
`(2) A local fire ban may-- 20
(a) be imposed for an entire local government area or part of a local 21
government area; and 22
(b) prohibit the lighting of all, or only certain, types of fires. 23
`(3) The area to which a local fire ban applies is called the "fire ban 24
area". 25
s 15 12 s 15
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local fire ban 1
`Publicising
`86B.(1) A local fire ban may be imposed-- 2
(a) by notice (a "newspaper notice") published in a newspaper 3
circulating in the fire ban area; or 4
(b) by notice (a "broadcast notice") transmitted by a broadcasting 5
service generally able to be received by persons in the fire ban 6
area. 7
`(2) However, a local fire ban may be imposed by a broadcast notice 8
only if the commissioner considers-- 9
(a) it is necessary because of urgent circumstances relating to the fire 10
emergency; and 11
(b) imposing the ban by a newspaper notice would result in a delay 12
that was undesirable, having regard to the urgent circumstances. 13
`(3) The newspaper or broadcast notice must-- 14
(a) state the local government area to which the ban applies and, if 15
appropriate, describe the part of the local government area to 16
which it applies; and 17
(b) state the fires the lighting of which is prohibited; and 18
(c) state the period of the ban (not longer than 14 days). 19
`(4) As well as using a newspaper or broadcast notice to impose a local 20
fire ban, the commissioner may cause the ban to be publicised in any other 21
way the commissioner considers appropriate. 22
local fire ban 23
`Cancelling
`86C.(1) If, while a local fire ban is in force, the commissioner considers 24
the fire emergency for which the ban was imposed has ceased to exist, the 25
commissioner must cancel the ban. 26
`(2) The cancellation may be made-- 27
(a) by notice (a "newspaper notice") published in a newspaper 28
circulating in the fire ban area; or 29
(b) by notice (a "broadcast notice") transmitted by a broadcasting 30
service generally able to be received by persons in the fire ban 31
s 15 13 s 15
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area. 1
`(3) However, a local fire ban may be cancelled by a broadcast notice 2
only if the commissioner considers a newspaper notice would unnecessarily 3
delay the cancellation of the ban. 4
`(4) As well as using a newspaper or broadcast notice to cancel a local 5
fire ban, the commissioner may cause the cancellation of the ban to be 6
publicised in any other way the commissioner considers appropriate. 7
of local fire ban 8
`Period
`86D.(1) A local fire ban imposed by a notice published in a newspaper 9
takes effect from the day the notice is published. 10
`(2) A local fire ban imposed by a notice transmitted by a broadcasting 11
service takes effect from the day and time stated in the notice. 12
`(3) For subsection (2), the day and time must not be before the notice is 13
transmitted. 14
`(4) A local fire ban remains in force until 1 of the following events 15
happens-- 16
(a) the period of the ban stated in the notice imposing the ban ends; 17
(b) the ban is cancelled. 18
of local fire ban on other authorisations to light fires 19
`Effect
`86E. While a local fire ban remains in force, any authority given under 20
this or another Act to light a fire in the fire ban area ceases to have effect, to 21
the extent to which the authority applies to fires the lighting of which is 22
prohibited under the ban. 23
local fire ban 24
`Contravening
`86F. While a local fire ban is in force, a person must not light a fire in 25
the fire ban area if the lighting of the fire is prohibited under the ban. 26
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. 27
s 16 14 s 18
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aid about local fire ban 1
`Evidentiary
`86G. In a proceeding for an offence against section 86F, a certificate 2
purporting to be signed by the commissioner stating the following matters 3
is evidence of the matters-- 4
(a) on a stated day, or during a stated period, a local fire ban was in 5
force at a stated place; 6
(b) the types of fire the lighting of which was prohibited under the 7
ban. 8
`Division 2--Declarations of state of fire emergency'. 9
of s 92 (Failure to comply with declaration) 10
Amendment
Clause 16. Section 92, words after `offence'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`against this Act. 13
Maximum penalty--250 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.'. 14
of s 93 (Certificate re declaration) 15
Amendment
Clause 17. Section 93, `, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary 16
conclusive evidence,'-- 17
omit. 18
of s 94 (Interpretation of part) 19
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 94, definition "dangerous goods", paragraphs (a) and (b), 20
`by order in council'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`under a regulation'. 23
s 19 15 s 20
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of s 104 (Punishment for certain offences against this 1
Amendment
part) 2
Clause 19. Section 104, words after paragraph (c)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`is liable to a maximum penalty of 250 penalty units or 1 year's 5
imprisonment'. 6
of s 104H (Prohibition on prescribed use without 7
Amendment
certificate of compliance) 8
Clause 20.(1) Section 104H(1), `The Governor in Council' to `unless'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`A regulation may prohibit the use of a building as prescribed under the 11
regulation unless'. 12
(2) Section 104H(2), `An order in council'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`A regulation'. 15
(3) Section 104H(2)(a), `prescribed by'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`specified in'. 18
(4) Section 104H(2)(a), `, upon the recommendation of the Minister,'-- 19
omit. 20
(5) Section 104H(2)(a), `so prescribed'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`specified in schedule 5'. 23
(6) Section 104H(2)(b), `order'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`regulation'. 26
(7) Section 104H(3), `An order in council' to `revoke'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
s 21 16 s 23
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`A regulation may revoke'. 1
(8) Section 104H(3), `the order'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the regulation'. 4
(9) Section 104H(4), `an order in council'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`a regulation'. 7
of s 104I (Certificate of compliance) 8
Amendment
Clause 21.(1) Section 104I(1), `an order in council'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`a regulation'. 11
(2) Section 104I(1), `the order'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`the regulation'. 14
(3) Section 104I(2)(a) and (b), `by the regulations'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`under a regulation'. 17
of s 104L (Persons aggrieved by notice may object) 18
Amendment
Clause 22. Section 104L(2), `the prescribed fee'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`the fee prescribed under a regulation'. 21
of s 105 (Definitions) 22
Amendment
Clause 23. Section 105, definition "prescribed property", paragraph (e), `by 23
order in council'-- 24
s 24 17 s 25
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omit, insert-- 1
`under a regulation'. 2
of s 106 (Constitution of urban districts) 3
Amendment
Clause 24.(1) Section 106(1), `The Governor in Council may, by order in 4
council--'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`A regulation may--'. 7
(2) Section 106(2), `, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary 8
conclusive evidence,'-- 9
omit. 10
of s 108 (Annual contributions of owners of prescribed 11
Amendment
properties) 12
Clause 25.(1) Section 108(1)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`108.(1) A regulation may prescribe the amounts of the contributions to 15
be paid by owners of prescribed properties for a financial year.'. 16
(2) Section 108(2), `The Governor in Council'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`A regulation under subsection (1)'. 19
(3) Section 108(3)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(3) Categorisation of prescribed properties is to be on the bases stated in 22
the regulation. 23
`Examples of the bases on which prescribed properties may be categorised-- 24
25
1. The purposes for which properties are used.
26
2. The nature and availability of services supplied by fire service entities
27
servicing properties.
28
3. The nature and availability of facilities of fire service entities servicing
s 26 18 s 27
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1
properties.
2
4. The urban district or class of urban districts in which properties are located.
3
5. A combination of all or any of examples 1, 2, 3 and 4.'.
(4) Section 108(4), `an order in council'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a regulation'. 6
(5) Section 108(4), `the order in council'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`the regulation'. 9
of s 109 (Annual returns by component local 10
Amendment
governments) 11
Clause 26. Section 109(1), `the prescribed particulars'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`the particulars prescribed under a regulation'. 14
of s 110 (Discount for pensioners) 15
Amendment
Clause 27.(1) Section 110(1), definition "pensioner", `by order in council'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`under a regulation'. 18
(2) Section 110(2), `from time to time by order in council'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`by regulation'. 21
(3) Section 110(2), `in the order in council'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`in the regulation'. 24
s 28 19 s 31
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of s 112 (Determinations and notifications of 1
Amendment
contributions) 2
Clause 28. Section 112(1)(b), `by the relevant order in council'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`under a regulation'. 5
of s 113 (Appeal against local government's 6
Amendment
determination) 7
Clause 29.(1) Section 113(1)(b), `the relevant order in council'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`a regulation'. 10
(2) Section 113(1)(c), `by order in council'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`under a regulation'. 13
of s 117 (Collection fee) 14
Amendment
Clause 30. Section 117, `a prescribed amount'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`an amount prescribed under a regulation'. 17
of s 118 (Payments by component local government's to 18
Amendment
commissioner) 19
Clause 31.(1) Section 118(4), `the prescribed return'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`a return in the approved form'. 22
(2) Section 118(5), definition "declared period", `by order in council'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`under a regulation,'. 25
s 32 20 s 36
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of s 119 (Failure by component local government to 1
Amendment
make payment) 2
Clause 32. Section 119(1), `by order in council'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`under a regulation'. 5
of s 123 (Recovery of arrears) 6
Amendment
Clause 33. Section 123(2), definition "prescribed rate", `by order in council'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`under a regulation'. 9
of s 125 (Proof of amounts owing re contributions) 10
Amendment
Clause 34. Section 125, `, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary 11
conclusive evidence,'-- 12
omit. 13
of s 144 (Charges for services) 14
Amendment
Clause 35.(1) Section 144(1), `by order in council'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`under a regulation'. 17
(2) Section 144(13), `, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary 18
conclusive evidence,'-- 19
omit. 20
of s 148 (Prosecutions) 21
Amendment
Clause 36.(1) Section 148(1), `on complaint' to `case'-- 22
omit. 23
(2) Section 148(2) and (3)-- 24
omit. 25
s 37 21 s 40
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of s 149 (General penalty) 1
Amendment
Clause 37.(1) Section 149(1), words after `against this Act'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`is liable to a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units or 6 months 4
imprisonment'. 5
(2) Section 149(2), words after `the offender'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`is liable to a maximum penalty of 250 penalty units or 1 year's 8
imprisonment'. 9
of s 153 (Evidentiary) 10
Amendment
Clause 38. Section 153(f) and (g), `, and in the absence of evidence to the 11
contrary conclusive evidence,'-- 12
omit. 13
of new s 153B 14
Insertion
Clause 39. After section 153A-- 15
insert-- 16
of forms 17
`Approval
`153B. The chief executive may approve forms for use under this Act.'. 18
of s 154 (Regulations) 19
Amendment
Clause 40.(1) Section 154, heading-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Regulation making power'. 22
(2) Section 154(1)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`154.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this 25
Act.'. 26
s 41 22 s 41
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(3) Section 154(2), words before paragraph (b)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(2) A regulation may be made for or about--'. 3
(4) Section 154(2)(b), (c), (d) and (e)-- 4
renumber as paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d). 5
(5) Section 154(3)-- 6
omit. 7
(6) Section 154(5)-- 8
renumber as subsection (3). 9
of new part 12 10
Insertion
Clause 41. After section 154-- 11
insert-- 12
ART 12--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 13
`P
14
`Definition
`155. In this part-- 15
"commencement day" means the day of commencement of the 16
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 1995, section 10. 17
of appeals 18
`Continuation
`156.(1) This section applies if-- 19
(a) before the commencement day, a fire service officer appealed 20
against-- 21
(i) a decision involving the taking of disciplinary action against 22
the officer; or 23
(ii) a decision suspending the officer from duty without salary 24
for the period of suspension; or 25
(iii) a promotional appointment; and 26
s 41 23 s 41
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(b) the appeal was not decided before the commencement day. 1
`(2) This section applies despite the Emergency Services Legislation 2
Amendment Act 1995, section 10 and section 25A(2) of this Act. 3
`(3) The appeal must be heard, or continue to be heard, and decided, 4
under this Act as if the Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 5
1995 had not been enacted. 6
`(4) This section, and section 155, expire 12 months after the 7
commencement of this section. 8
9
`Forms
`157.(1) This section applies if-- 10
(a) immediately before its commencement, there was a prescribed 11
form for a matter; and 12
(b) on the commencement, there is to be an approved form for the 13
matter. 14
`(2) Until there is an approved form for the matter, the form that was the 15
prescribed form for the matter immediately before the commencement is 16
taken to be the approved form for the matter. 17
`(3) This section expires 3 months after it commences. 18
to officer of the Queensland Fire Service 19
`References
`158.(1) In this Act, a reference to an officer of the Queensland Fire 20
Service is a reference to a fire service officer. 21
`(2) This section expires on the date of the first reprint of the Act 22
produced under the Reprints Act 1992. 23
contributions (excluding 199495 financial year) 24
`Annual
`159.(1) This section applies to amounts prescribed, or purporting to 25
have been prescribed, before the commencement of this section, for 26
section 108 as contributions for a financial year, other than the financial year 27
starting 1 July 1994. 28
`(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the amounts were, and 29
s 42 24 s 42
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always have been, validly prescribed as the contributions for the financial 1
year. 2
`(3) This section expires on the day of its commencement. 3
contributions for 199495 financial year 4
`Annual
`160.(1) This section applies to amounts prescribed, or purporting to 5
have been prescribed, as contributions for section 108 under the Fire 6
Service Regulation 1990, as in force immediately after the commencement 7
of the Fire Service Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1994. 8
`(2) It is declared that the amounts were, and always have been, validly 9
prescribed as the contributions for the financial year starting 1 July 1994. 10
`(3) This section expires on the day of its commencement.'. 11
of sch 4 (Matters concerning operation of the rural fire 12
Amendment
council and the trustees of the superannuation scheme) 13
Clause 42.(1) Schedule 4, heading, `the superannuation scheme'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 16
(2) Schedule 4, section 1, heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Definitions'. 19
(3) Schedule 4, section 1, definitions "board" and "member", `the 20
superannuation scheme'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`the fire service superannuation scheme'. 23
(4) Schedule 4, section 5(1), `, acting on the recommendation of the 24
Minister, may, by notification published in the gazette,'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`may'. 27
(5) Schedule 4, section 6, `may be prescribed'-- 28
s 43 25 s 46
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omit, insert-- 1
`may be prescribed under a regulation'. 2
of sch 5 (Prescribed uses of buildings) 3
Amendment
Clause 43. Schedule 5, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`USES OF BUILDINGS'. 6
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF STATE 7
COUNTERDISASTER ORGANIZATION ACT 1975 8
amended in pt 3 9
Act
Clause 44. This part amends the State Counter-Disaster Organization Act 1975. 10
of s 1 (Short title) 11
Amendment
Clause 45. Section 1, `Organization'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Organisation'. 14
of s 4 (Repeal and savings) 15
Amendment
Clause 46.(1) Section 4, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Relationship with other laws'. 18
(2) Section 4(1) and (2)-- 19
omit. 20
s 47 26 s 47
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of s 6 (Interpretation) 1
Amendment
Clause 47.(1) Section 6, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Definitions'. 4
(2) Section 6, definitions "Combined Local Authorities", "Director", 5
"Local Authority", "Minister", "regional operations officer", "vehicle" 6
and "vessel"-- 7
omit. 8
(3) Section 6-- 9
insert-- 10
` "approved form" see section 37.2 11
"boat" means any type of ship or other vessel used in navigation by water 12
or for another purpose on water, and includes a ship or other vessel of 13
whatever size and however it is propelled or moved. 14
"combined local governments" means local governments that have united 15
with one another for counter-disaster purposes. 16
"director" means an officer of the department nominated by the chief 17
executive as the executive director (counter-disaster services). 18
"emergency related function" see section 14(3). 19
"SES" means the State Emergency Service. 20
"SES member" means a person in the SES. 21
"SES vehicle" means a vehicle of the SES. 22
"vehicle" includes a boat.'. 23
(4) Section 6, definition "resources", `vessel,'-- 24
omit. 25
2 Section 37 (Approval of forms)
s 48 27 s 50
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of s 9 (State Counter-Disaster Organization) 1
Amendment
Clause 48. Section 9(2)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(2) The organisation consists of-- 4
(a) the members of the central control group; and 5
(b) any other persons appointed by the Governor in Council.'. 6
of s 11 (Business of Organization) 7
Amendment
Clause 49. Section 11, `manner prescribed or, so far as not prescribed, as'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`way'. 10
of s 12 (Central Control Group) 11
Amendment
Clause 50.(1) Section 12(1), `those members' to `executive officer'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`persons appointed by the Governor in Council'. 14
(2) Section 12-- 15
insert-- 16
`(1A) The Governor in Council must appoint-- 17
(a) a member of the group to be chairperson of the group; and 18
(b) another member of the group to be the executive officer of the 19
group.'. 20
(3) Section 12(3), `prescribed'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`prescribed under a regulation'. 23
(4) Section 12(5), `manner prescribed or, so far as not prescribed, as'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`way'. 26
s 51 28 s 53
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of s 13 (State Emergency Service) 1
Amendment
Clause 51. Section 13(3) and (4)-- 2
omit. 3
of s 14 (Functions of State Emergency Service) 4
Amendment
Clause 52. Section 14-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2) The SES also has the following functions-- 7
(a) to carry out rescue or similar operations in an emergency 8
situation; 9
(b) to carry out search operations in an emergency or other situation; 10
(c) to carry out other operations in an emergency situation to-- 11
(i) help injured persons; or 12
(ii) protect persons or property from danger or potential danger 13
associated with the emergency situation. 14
`(3) A function mentioned in subsection (2) is called an "emergency 15
related function".'. 16
of new ss 14A and 14B 17
Insertion
Clause 53. After section 14-- 18
insert-- 19
of authorised officers 20
`Appointment
`14A. The director may appoint SES members, or members of a class of 21
SES members, as authorised officers. 22
of authorised officers 23
`Powers
`14B.(1) To help the SES perform an emergency related function, an 24
authorised officer may-- 25
(a) take reasonable steps-- 26
s 54 29 s 55
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(i) to protect persons trapped in a vehicle or receptacle or 1
endangered in another way; and 2
(ii) to protect the officer or other authorised officers or persons 3
from danger, potential danger or assault from other persons; 4
and 5
(b) if it is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances--do any of 6
the acts mentioned in subsection (2). 7
`(2) For subsection (1)(b), the acts an authorised officer may do are-- 8
(a) enter any premises or vehicle; and 9
(b) open a receptacle, using force that is necessary and reasonable; 10
and 11
(c) bring any apparatus or equipment onto premises; and 12
(d) remove any article or material from a place, or otherwise deal 13
with the article or material; and 14
(e) destroy (entirely or partially), or damage, any premises, vehicle or 15
receptacle; and 16
(f) ask a person to give the authorised officer reasonable help to 17
exercise the authorised officer's powers under paragraphs (a) 18
to (e). 19
`(3) Without limiting subsection (1)(a)(ii), an authorised officer may 20
direct a person not to enter, or to leave, a stated area around the site of a 21
danger to a patient.'. 22
of s 15 (Powers and duties of Director generally) 23
Amendment
Clause 54. Section 15(d), `(other than controllers)'-- 24
omit. 25
of s 16 (Powers and duties of Director as executive 26
Amendment
officer) 27
Clause 55. Section 16, words before paragraph (a)-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
s 56 30 s 59
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officer's functions 1
`Executive
`16. The executive officer of the central control group--'. 2
of s 18 (Declaration of regions) 3
Amendment
Clause 56. Section 18, `Order in Council'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`gazette notice'. 6
of s 19 (Appointment of regional operations officer) 7
Omission
Clause 57. Section 19-- 8
omit. 9
of s 20 (Disaster districts) 10
Amendment
Clause 58. Section 20(1), `Order in Council'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`gazette notice'. 13
of s 21 (Disaster district control groups) 14
Amendment
Clause 59.(1) Section 21(1), `by Order in Council'-- 15
omit. 16
(2) Section 21(1) and (2), `prescribed'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`prescribed under a regulation'. 19
(3) Section 21(3) and (4), `prescribed or'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`prescribed under a regulation or'. 22
s 60 31 s 61
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of s 22 1
Replacement
Clause 60. Section 22-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
4
`Delegations
`22.(1) The Minister may delegate the Minister's powers under this Act 5
to an officer or employee of the public service. 6
`(2) The chairperson may delegate the chairperson's powers under this 7
Act to an officer or employee of the public service. 8
`(3) The director may delegate the director's powers under this Act to an 9
officer or employee of the public service. 10
`(4) A disaster district co-ordinator for a disaster district control group 11
may delegate the co-ordinator's powers under this Act to another member 12
of the group.'. 13
of s 23 (Power of disaster district co-ordinator to declare 14
Amendment
state of disaster) 15
Clause 61.(1) Section 23(2)(a), `prescribed form'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`approved form'. 18
(2) Section 23(2)(c), `Order in Council'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`a regulation'. 21
(3) Section 23(3), `Order in Council'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`regulations'. 24
(4) Section 23(3), `the Governor in Council thinks fit'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`are stated in the regulations'. 27
s 62 32 s 63
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of s 24 (Power of Governor in Council to declare state of 1
Amendment
disaster) 2
Clause 62.(1) Section 24(1), `upon the recommendation of the Minister, by 3
Order in Council'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`by regulation'. 6
(2) Section 24(2)(a)(i) and (ii)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(i) comes into force when the regulation is made; and 9
(ii) continues in force for 14 days from the date the regulation is 10
made, unless sooner revoked.'. 11
(3) Section 24(2)(b), `Order in Council'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`regulations'. 14
(4) Section 24(2)(b), `the Governor in Council thinks fit'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`are stated in the regulations'. 17
(5) Section 24(3), `Order in Council'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`regulation'. 20
of s 25 (Powers upon declaration of state of disaster) 21
Amendment
Clause 63.(1) Section 25(1)(a)(v), `prescribed procedures'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`procedures prescribed under a regulation'. 24
(2) Section 25(2)(b)(iii), `or vessel'-- 25
omit. 26
s 64 33 s 65
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of s 26 (Duties as to counter-disaster measures) 1
Amendment
Clause 64.(1) Section 26(1)(c), (3)(c) and (4), `as prescribed'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`as prescribed under a regulation'. 4
(2) Section 26(5), `the Minister'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`the director'. 7
(3) Section 26(5), `, in accordance with the prescribed procedure'-- 8
omit. 9
(4) Section 26(5), `as are prescribed'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`as are prescribed under a regulation'. 12
of new ss 28A and 28B 13
Insertion
Clause 65. Part 5-- 14
insert-- 15
devices and lights on vehicles 16
`Warning
`28A.(1) Warning devices or warning lights in or on an SES vehicle 17
may be sounded or activated while the vehicle is moving only by an SES 18
member. 19
`(2) However, an SES member may sound the warning devices, or 20
activate the warning lights, only if the member-- 21
(a) is acting in the performance of the member's functions in an 22
emergency; and 23
(b) considers it is necessary to sound the devices or activate the 24
lights. 25
from tolls 26
`Exemption
`28B.(1) This section applies if-- 27
s 66 34 s 70
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(a) an SES member is travelling in an SES vehicle in the 1
performance of the member's functions in an emergency; and 2
(b) warning devices or warning lights in or on the vehicle are 3
sounding or activated. 4
`(2) A toll is not payable for the vehicle for use of any road, bridge or 5
vehicular ferry.'. 6
of s 31 (Offences generally and penalty) 7
Amendment
Clause 66. Section 31(3), `a penalty of $500'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`a maximum penalty of 10 penalty units'. 10
of s 32 (Proceedings for offences) 11
Amendment
Clause 67. Section 32, `upon the complaint' to `the Minister'-- 12
omit. 13
of s 34 (Evidentiary provisions) 14
Amendment
Clause 68. Section 34, `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, 15
conclusive evidence'-- 16
omit. 17
of s 34A (Annual report) 18
Omission
Clause 69. Section 34A-- 19
omit. 20
of ss 37 and 38 21
Replacement
Clause 70. Sections 37 and 38-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
s 70 35 s 70
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of forms 1
`Approval
`37. The chief executive may approve forms for use under this Act. 2
making power 3
`Regulation
`38.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 4
`(2) A regulation may-- 5
(a) create offences against the regulation; and 6
(b) fix a maximum penalty of a fine of 2 penalty units for an offence 7
against the regulation. 8
`PART 6--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 9
10
`Forms
`39.(1) This section applies if-- 11
(a) immediately before its commencement, there was a prescribed 12
form for a matter; and 13
(b) on the commencement, there is to be an approved form for the 14
matter. 15
`(2) Until there is an approved form for the matter, the form that was the 16
prescribed form for the matter immediately before the commencement is 17
taken to be the approved form for the matter. 18
`(3) This section expires 3 months after it commences. 19
to combined local authorities 20
`References
`40.(1) In this Act, a reference to combined local authorities is a reference 21
to combined local governments. 22
`(2) This section expires on the date of the first reprint of the Act 23
produced under the Reprints Act 1992. 24
s 70 36 s 70
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`References to State Emergency Service 1
`41.(1) In this Act, a reference to the State Emergency Service is a 2
reference to the SES. 3
(2) This section expires on the date of the first reprint of the Act 4
produced under the Reprints Act 1992.'. 5
6
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