Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958 - SECT 34

Power to make regulations

34. Power to make regulations



(1) The Governor in Council may as to the whole or any part of Victoria make
regulations for all or any of the following purposes-







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   (b)  For the appointment, promotion, probation, transfer, suspension and
        removal of employees of the Board;





   (ba) For the examination of employees of the Board and members of units;

   (c)  For regulating the duties and conduct of employees of the Board and
        members of units;





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   (d)  for the provision of training or training facilities and the issue of
        any certificate or qualification after the completion of any course of
        training and the prescribing of the fees and charges payable in
        relation thereto;



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   (h)  in relation to fire prevention notices, for-

   (i)  things or classes of things in respect of which notices may not be
        served;

   (ii) the matters which may be dealt with in notices, including the steps
        that owners or occupiers may be required to take;

   (iii) the form and content of notices;

   (iv) the form of, and particulars to be included in, a notice under section
        88(3)(b);

        (i)    for dividing the metropolitan district into sections or
               divisions and for establishing stations;

   (j)  for ensuring discipline and good conduct amongst members of brigades,
        and for ensuring their speedy attendance with engines fire-escapes and
        all necessary apparatus and implements on the occasion of any alarm of
        fire, and generally for the maintenance of brigades in a due state of
        efficiency;

   (k)  For the establishment and registration of fire or emergency service
        units;



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   (n)  for prescribing the basis on which the cost of attending at a
        hazardous material incident or toxic fire incident the whole or part
        of which is not a fire within the meaning of section 3(1) is to be
        determined and prescribing the fees and charges to be paid to the
        Board for that attendance;

   (o)  for prescribing the fees and charges to be paid to the Board for any
        service that the Board is empowered to provide under this Act and for
        which this Act or the regulations enables the board to charge for
        providing that service;

   (oa) for prescribing the fees and charges to be paid to the Board for the
        inspection of plans, premises and equipment for the prevention or
        suppression of fire and any other services whatever rendered by the
        Board (whether within or outside Victoria) or for authorizing the
        Board to fix such fees and charges;

   (ob) for prescribing, for the purposes of this Act and section 12 of the
        Summary Offences Act 1966, the expenses and charges of any brigade in
        relation to attendance at any fire or answering any alarm;



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   (pa) for prescribing the insignia and the use of the insignia of the Board;





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   (s)  for managing and regulating the distribution of all revenue received
        under the provisions of this Act;

   (t)  for registering insurance companies their agents or representatives;

   (u)  for altering any date prescribed by this Act for the doing or
        performance of any duty to any other date;

   (ua) for prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act;



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        (x)    For appeals to the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services
               Appeals Commission, including the period and procedure for
               making an appeal;

(xa) For hearings under section 78C;





   (y)  and generally for the purposes of carrying into effect the objects of
        this Act.

(2) The regulations may prescribe in respect of any insurance or class of
insurance-

   (a)  an amount in respect of the premium payable; or

   (b)  a proportion of the premium payable-

which shall in respect of that insurance or class of insurance for the
purposes of this Act be the portion of the premium that is properly
attributable to insurance against fire.

(3) Regulations made under this Act may be disallowed in whole or in part by
resolution of either House of the Parliament in accordance with the
requirements of section 23 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994, which
disallowance shall be deemed disallowance by Parliament for the purposes of
that Act.



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