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FIRE SERVICE ACT 1979 - SECT 113 Owner of property to give information

FIRE SERVICE ACT 1979 - SECT 113

Owner of property to give information

(1)  On being requested to do so by an officer of the Fire Service, the owner of –
(a) any property that is destroyed or damaged in a fire;
(b) any property in or at which a fire occurred; or
(c) any property in, on, or attached to any structure in, or in any property in, on, or attached to which, a fire occurred –
shall give that officer such particulars as he may require with respect to the circumstances of the fire.
(2)  A person who refuses to comply with any request under subsection (1) or who gives any information that he knows to be false in a material particular in respect of such a request is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding 2·5 penalty units.
(3)  In this section, owner of any property includes a person having possession of that property.