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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Fire and Emergency Services Acts (Amendment)
Act 1998
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purposes 1
2. Commencement 2
PART 2--FIRE AUTHORITIES LEGISLATION 3
3. Principal Act 3
4. Industry brigades 3
5. Regional fire prevention committees 3
6. Municipal fire prevention committees 3
7. Statute law revision 4
8. Statute law revision--Amendment of Fire Authorities
(Contributions) Act 1989 4
PART 3--VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT 1987 5
9. Principal Act 5
10. Examination etc. 5
11. Statute law revision 5
NOTES 6
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 18 February 1998
A BILL
to amend the Country Fire Authority Act 1958 and the Victoria
State Emergency Service Act 1987 and the Fire Authorities
(Contributions) Act 1989 and for other purposes.
Fire and Emergency Services Acts
(Amendment) Act 1998
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Purposes
The purposes of this Act are--
(a) to amend the Country Fire Authority Act
5 1958 to--
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(i) allow industry brigades to join or form
groups of brigades;
(ii) allow industry brigades to be
represented on Fire Prevention
5 Committees;
(b) to amend the Victoria State Emergency
Service Act 1987 to require a controller or
member or probationary member of the
Service to produce medical evidence to
10 satisfy the Director of their fitness;
(c) to make statute law revision changes.
2. Commencement
(1) Subject to this section, this Act comes into
operation on the day on which it receives the
15 Royal Assent.
(2) Section 8 is deemed to have come into operation
on 5 December 1989.
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PART 2--FIRE AUTHORITIES LEGISLATION
3. Principal Act
No. 6228.
In this Part, the Country Fire Authority Act
Reprint No. 8
1958 is called the Principal Act. as at
1 January
1998. Further
amended by
No. 104/1997.
5 4. Industry brigades
In section 23A of the Principal Act, sub-section
(5) is repealed.
5. Regional fire prevention committees
(1) In section 52(2) of the Principal Act, after
10 paragraph (b) insert--
"(ba) not more than two representatives (appointed
by the Authority after nomination by the
relevant owner or group of relevant owners
who formed each industry brigade in the
15 group concerned) of each group of industry
brigades operating within the region;".
(2) After section 52(3) of the Principal Act insert--
"(4) A regional fire prevention committee is
deemed to be the same body despite any
20 change to its membership arising from the
amendment of this section by section 5(1) of
the Fire and Emergency Services Acts
(Amendment) Act 1998.".
6. Municipal fire prevention committees
25 (1) In section 54(2) of the Principal Act, after
paragraph (b) insert--
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"(ba) one representative (appointed by the
Authority after nomination by the relevant
owner or group of relevant owners who
formed the industry brigade) of each industry
5 brigade operating within the area;".
(2) After section 54(5) of the Principal Act insert--
"(6) A municipal fire prevention committee is
deemed to be the same body despite any
change to its membership arising from the
10 amendment of this section by section 6(1) of
the Fire and Emergency Services Acts
(Amendment) Act 1998.".
7. Statute law revision
In section 110(1) of the Principal Act--
15 (a) in paragraph (aa) (where secondly
occurring), for "(aa)" substitute "(zc)";
(b) in paragraph (ab) (where secondly
occurring), for "(ab)" substitute "(zd)".
8. Statute law revision--Amendment of Fire Authorities
20 (Contributions) Act 1989
No. 91/1989. In section 7(c) of the Fire Authorities
(Contributions) Act 1989, for "section 26(7)"
substitute "section 26(10)".
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PART 3--VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT
1987
9. Principal Act
No. 57/1987.
In this Part, the Victoria State Emergency
Reprint No. 1
5 Service Act 1987 is called the Principal Act. as at 16
March 1995.
10. Examination etc.
At the end of section 15 of the Principal Act
insert--
"(2) If a controller or registered member or
10 probationary member does not produce
medical evidence required by the Director
under sub-section (1), the Director may--
(a) suspend the registration as a member or
probationary member of that controller,
15 registered member or probationary
member until he or she produces
medical evidence to demonstrate the
level of fitness required of a registered
member; or
20 (b) cancel the registration as a member or
probationary member of that controller,
registered member or probationary
member.".
11. Statute law revision
25 (1) Sections 32 and 33 of the Principal Act are
repealed.
(2) In section 34(a) of the Principal Act, for
"immmediately" substitute "immediately".
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By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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