Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958 - SECT 4

Metropolitan fire district

4. Metropolitan fire district



(1) For the proper and efficient carrying out of the provisions of this Act
there shall be a metropolitan fire district consisting of the municipal
districts or parts thereof set forth in the Second Schedule to this Act.

(2) The metropolitan fire district includes-





   (a)  the port of Melbourne within the meaning of the
        Port Services Act 1995; and







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   (ab) land which is vested in or purchased or acquired by, or is under the
        management of, the Port of Melbourne Corporation; and





   (b)  any rivers or waterways-

which are designated as being within the metropolitan fire district by the
Governor in Council by proclamation published in the Government Gazette.

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(3) On receiving the request of a council whose municipal district or any part
of it is outside the metropolitan fire district and the certificate of the
Board that it is necessary or desirable so to do, the Governor in Council may
by proclamation published in the Government Gazette declare that that
municipal district or a specified part of that municipal district is to be
added to the metropolitan fire district.

(4) As from the date specified in a proclamation under subsection (3), the
municipal district or part of the municipal district specified in the
proclamation is included in and is part of the metropolitan fire district for
the purposes of this Act.



(5) On the certificate of the Board that it is necessary or desirable that a
part of the metropolitan fire district be excised, the Governor in Council may
by proclamation published in the Government Gazette declare that part to be
excised from the metropolitan fire district.

(6) As from the date specified in a proclamation under subsection (5), the
part of the metropolitan fire district specified in the proclamation is no
longer included in or part of the metropolitan fire district for the purposes
of this Act.