Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958 - SECT 32C

Destruction etc. of building by Chief Fire Officer

32C. Destruction etc. of building by Chief Fire Officer





(1) If a fire has been recently extinguished, the Chief Officer may cause any
building or structure-

   (a)  which has been damaged by the fire; and

   (b)  which the Chief Officer reasonably believes is or may become dangerous
        to life or property because of that damage-

to be shored up, pulled down or otherwise destroyed or removed.

(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Chief Officer may do or cause to
be done anything which the senior member of the operational staff at the scene
of an alarm of fire may do or cause to be done under section 32B(3)(c).

(2) The Board may sell or dispose of any material salvaged from any building
or structure shored up, pulled down, otherwise destroyed or removed under this
section or section 32B.

(3) The proceeds of a sale or disposal under this section shall be applied
towards any expenses incurred by the Board in relation to the shoring up,
pulling down, other destruction or removal, and any surplus shall be paid by
the Board to the owner of the building or structure.

(4) The owner of a building or structure shored up, pulled down, otherwise
destroyed or removed under this section shall pay to the Board-

   (a)  the expenses incurred by the Board in relation to the shoring up,
        pulling down, other destruction or removal and remaining after the
        application of the proceeds of a sale or disposal under this section;
        or

   (b)  where there has been no sale or disposal under this section, the whole
        of the expenses incurred by the Board in relation to the shoring up,
        pulling down, other destruction or removal.