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Western Australia
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
Western Australia (Consequential
Provisions) Bill 1998
CONTENTS
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 -- Bush Fires Act 1954
3. The Act amended 3
4. Section 7 amended 3
5. Part II, Division 1 heading deleted 4
6. Sections 8 and 9 repealed 4
7. Part II, Division 2 heading deleted 5
8. Section 10 amended 5
9. Sections 11 and 11A repealed 5
10 . Section 12 amended 5
11 . Part II, Divisions 3 and 4, repealed, and transitional 5
12 . Section 51 amended 6
13 . Section 63 repealed 6
14 . Section 65 amended 6
15 . Section 69 repealed 6
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16 . Various references to "Board" amended to
"Authority" 6
Part 3 -- Fire Brigades Act 1942
17 . The Act amended 8
18 . Section 4 amended 8
19 . Parts III, IV and V repealed 10
20 . Part VI heading amended 10
21 . Section 23 repealed 10
22 . Section 24 amended 10
23 . Section 25 amended 11
24 . Section 26A amended 11
25 . Section 29 amended 11
26 . Section 35 amended 12
27 . Section 36 amended 12
28 . Section 40 amended 13
29 . Section 45 amended 13
30 . Section 46 amended 13
31 . Section 47 amended 13
32 . Section 47A amended 14
33 . Section 54 amended 14
34 . Section 64 repealed 14
35 . Section 71 repealed 14
36 . Fourth Schedule amended 15
37 . Various references to "Board" amended to
"Authority" 15
Part 4 -- Miscellaneous amendments
38 . Miscellaneous amendments 18
Schedule 1 -- Miscellaneous amendments
1. Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended 19
2. Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 amended 19
3. Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985
amended 20
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4. Fire Brigades Superannuation Act 1985 amended,
and savings 20
5. Government Employees Superannuation Act 1987
amended 24
6. Litter Act 1979 amended 24
7. Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and
Drainage Act 1909 amended 24
8. Public Sector Management Act 1994 amended 25
9. Sentencing Act 1995 amended 25
10 . Water Boards Act 1904 amended 26
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
Western Australia (Consequential
Provisions) Bill 1998
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Bush Fires Act 1954 and Fire Brigades Act 1942
and various other Acts as a consequence of the enactment of the Fire
and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998, and
for related purposes.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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Part 1 Preliminary
s. 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia (Consequential Provisions) Act
5 1998.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day fixed under section 2
of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western
Australia Act 1998.
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Bush Fires Act 1954 Part 2
s. 3
Part 2 -- Bush Fires Act 1954
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Part are to the Bush Fires Act 1954*.
[* Reprinted as at 20 January 1997.
5 For subsequent amendments see 1997 Index to Legislation of
Western Australia, Table 1, p. 26 and Act No.10 of 1998.]
4. Section 7 amended
Section 7 is amended as follows:
(a) after the definition of "adjoining", by inserting the
10 following definition --
"
"Authority" means the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia established by
section 4 of the FESA Act;
15 ";
(b) by deleting the definition of "Board";
(c) by deleting the definition of "Chairman";
(d) in the definition of "Chief Executive Officer", by
deleting "Chief Executive Officer of the Board referred
20 to in section 15;" and inserting instead --
"
chief executive officer of the Authority, as
referred to in section 19 of the FESA Act;
";
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Part 2 Bush Fires Act 1954
s. 5
(e) in the definition of "forest officer", by deleting "appointed
under the Forests Act 1918;" and inserting instead --
"
within the meaning of the Conservation and
5 Land Management Act 1984;
";
(f) by deleting the definitions of "Fund" and "member of
the Board" and inserting the following definition
instead --
10 "
"member of the Authority" means a member of the
board of management referred to in section 6 of
the FESA Act;
";
15 (g) by deleting the full stop at the end of the definition of
"restricted burning times" and inserting a semicolon
instead;
(h) at the end of the section, by inserting the following
definition --
20 "
"the FESA Act" means the Fire and Emergency
Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998.
".
5. Part II, Division 1 heading deleted
25 Part II is amended before section 8 by deleting the heading to
Division 1.
6. Sections 8 and 9 repealed
Sections 8 and 9 are repealed.
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s. 7
7. Part II, Division 2 heading deleted
Part II is amended before section 10 by deleting the heading to
Division 2.
8. Section 10 amended
5 Section 10(2)(a) is amended by deleting "the appointment of
and employ such persons as it" and inserting instead --
"
that the Chief Executive Officer appoint and employ
such persons as the Authority
10 ".
9. Sections 11 and 11A repealed
Sections 11 and 11A are repealed.
10. Section 12 amended
Section 12(1) is amended by deleting "Board may with the
15 approval of the Minister appoint persons" and inserting
instead --
"
Chief Executive Officer may, on the recommendation
of the Authority and with the approval of the Minister,
20 appoint persons under section 20 of the FESA Act
".
11. Part II, Divisions 3 and 4, repealed, and transitional
(1) Divisions 3 and 4 of Part II are repealed.
(2) Any funds standing to the credit of the Bush Fires Board Fund
25 under section 16A of the Bush Fires Act 1954, as in force
immediately before the commencement of this section, are to be
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credited to the Fire and Emergency Services Authority Account
referred to in section 30 of the FESA Act.
12. Section 51 amended
Section 51(3) is amended by deleting "section 63." and inserting
5 instead --
" section 37 of the FESA Act. ".
13. Section 63 repealed
Section 63 is repealed.
14. Section 65 amended
10 Section 65(2)(b) is amended by deleting "hand of the executive
officer of the Board;" and inserting instead --
" seal of the Authority; ".
15. Section 69 repealed
Section 69 is repealed.
15 16. Various references to "Board" amended to "Authority"
The provisions mentioned in the Table to this section are
amended by deleting "Board" in each place where it occurs and
inserting instead --
" Authority ".
20 Table
section 7 (definition of section 35(1)
"restricted burning times")
section 10(1) section 35(2)
section 10(2) section 35(3)(a) (in 2 places)
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section 13(1) section 35(3)(b) (in 2 places)
section 13(2) (in 2 places) section 35(4)
section 14 (in 2 places) section 35(5)(a) (in 2 places)
section 17(4) (in 2 places) section 35(5)(b) (in 2 places)
section 17(5) section 38(2)(c)
section 17(6) (in 2 places) section 38 (2)(d)
section 17(8)(a)(ii) section 38(2)(e) (in 2 places)
section 17(8)(b) section 38(6)(a)
section 17(9) section 38(6)(b) (in 3 places)
section 18(2) section 38(6)(d) (in 2 places)
section 18(5)(b) section 50(2)(b)
section 24B(1) (in 2 places) section 54
section 25A(1) (in 2 places) section 55
section 25B(1) section 56(1)(a) (in 2 places)
section 27B(1) section 56(2) (in 2 places)
section 27B(2) section 57 (in 2 places)
section 27C(1) section 58(3)
section 27C(2) section 59(2)(a) (in 2 places)
section 28(4)(a) section 65(1)(a)
section 28(4)(b) section 65(1)(c)
section 34(1a) (in 3 places)
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Part 3 Fire Brigades Act 1942
s. 17
Part 3 -- Fire Brigades Act 1942
17. The Act amended
The amendments in this Part are to the Fire Brigades Act 1942*.
[* Reprinted as at 17 June 1996.
5 For subsequent amendments see 1997 Index to Legislation of
Western Australia, Table 1, pp. 86-87 and Act No.10 of 1998.]
18. Section 4 amended
(1) Section 4(1) is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the definition of "Board" and inserting the
10 following definition instead --
"
"Authority" means the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia established by
section 4 of the FESA Act;
15 ";
(b) by deleting the definition of "Chairman";
(c) in the definition of "Chief Executive Officer", by
deleting "person appointed to be the Chief Executive
Officer under section 8A;" and inserting instead --
20 "
chief executive officer of the Authority, as
referred to in section 19 of the FESA Act;
";
(d) by deleting the definition of "Deputy Chairman";
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(e) after the definition of "insurance company", by inserting
the following definition --
"
"member of the Authority" means a member of the
5 board of management referred to in section 6 of
the FESA Act;
";
(f) in the definition of "permanent fire brigade", by deleting
"Board" in the 2 places where it occurs and inserting
10 instead --
" Authority ";
(g) in the definition of "private fire brigade", by deleting
"Board" and inserting instead --
" Authority ";
15 (h) by deleting the definition of "Secretary" and inserting
the following definition instead --
"
"the FESA Act" means the Fire and Emergency
Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998;
20 ";
(i) in the definition of "volunteer fire brigade", by deleting
"Board" and inserting instead --
" Authority ".
(2) Section 4(2) and (3) are repealed and the following subsection is
25 inserted instead --
"
(2) A reference in this Act to an officer or employee of the
Authority, or to a person employed by the Authority, is
a reference to a person appointed or engaged under
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section 20 of the FESA Act for the purposes of this
Act.
".
19. Parts III, IV and V repealed
5 Parts III, IV and V are repealed.
20. Part VI heading amended
The heading to Part VI is amended by deleting "VESTING OF
PROPERTY AND GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF
BOARD" and inserting instead --
10 "
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF
AUTHORITY
".
21. Section 23 repealed
15 Section 23 is repealed.
22. Section 24 amended
Section 24(2) is amended in the proviso --
(a) by deleting "Board, or the Board to which the Board"
and inserting instead --
20 "
Authority, or a body corporate to which the
Authority
";
and
25 (b) by deleting "to the Board" and inserting instead --
" to the Authority ".
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23. Section 25 amended
(1) Section 25(1) is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the subsection designation "(1)";
(b) by deleting "Board are --"and inserting instead --
5 " Authority under this Act are -- ".
(2) Section 25(2) and (3) are repealed.
24. Section 26A amended
Section 26A is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph (a)(iii), by deleting "Board" in the first and
10 second places where it occurs and inserting instead --
" Authority ";
(b) in paragraph (a)(iii), by deleting "Board" in the third
place where it occurs and inserting instead --
" Authority under this Act ";
15 (c) in paragraph (b)(i) after "of its functions", by inserting
the following --
" under this Act ";
(d) in paragraph (ca), by deleting "Board" in the first place
where it occurs and inserting instead --
20 " Authority ";
(e) in paragraph (ca), by deleting "Board referred to in
section 25(1)" and inserting instead --
" Authority referred to in section 25 ";
(f) in paragraph (d) after "of any function", by inserting the
25 following --
" under this Act ".
25. Section 29 amended
(1) Section 29(1) is amended as follows:
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(a) by deleting the subsection designation "(1)" and "The
Board shall from time to time appoint" and inserting
instead --
"
5 For the purposes of this Act, the Chief
Executive Officer shall from time to time
appoint under section 20 of the FESA Act
";
(b) by deleting "including an employee to be called the
10 Secretary to the Board,";
(c) by deleting "Board shall have" and inserting instead --
" Chief Executive Officer has ".
(2) Section 29(1a) and (2) are repealed.
26. Section 35 amended
15 Section 35 is amended by deleting paragraphs (a), (b), (t) and
(u).
27. Section 36 amended
(1) Section 36(1) is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph (b), by inserting after "Fire Brigades Board
20 under" the following --
" this Act or ";
(b) in paragraph (c), by deleting "Board:" and inserting
instead --
"
25 Authority to be incurred in the operation of this
Act:
".
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(2) Section 36(2) is amended in the proviso by inserting after "have
been expended" the following --
" , for the purposes of this Act, ".
28. Section 40 amended
5 Section 40(6) is repealed.
29. Section 45 amended
(1) Section 45(1) is amended by deleting "subsections (2) and" and
inserting instead --
" subsection ".
10 (2) Section 45(2) is repealed.
30. Section 46 amended
(1) Section 46(1) is amended by deleting "Governor," and inserting
instead --
" Treasurer of Western Australia, ".
15 (2) Section 46(5) is amended by deleting "Governor." and inserting
instead --
" Treasurer of Western Australia. ".
(3) Section 46(10) is amended after "Board under" by inserting --
" this Act or ".
20 31. Section 47 amended
(1) Section 47(1) is amended by deleting "Board and its
operations." and inserting instead --
" Authority and its operations under this Act. ".
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(2) Section 47(2) is amended by deleting "Board" and inserting
instead --
" Authority and its operations under this Act ".
32. Section 47A amended
5 Section 47A is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting "appointed under --" and inserting
instead --
" appointed -- ";
(b) in paragraph (a), by deleting "section 8A";
10 (c) in paragraph (b) before "section 29", by inserting --
" in accordance with ";
(d) in paragraph (c) before "section 31", by inserting --
" under ";
(e) by deleting "Pubic Service Act 1978" and inserting
15 instead --
" Public Sector Management Act 1994 ".
33. Section 54 amended
Section 54(3)(g)(i) is amended in item 3 of the Table by
deleting "Board" and inserting instead --
20 " Authority ".
34. Section 64 repealed
Section 64 is repealed.
35. Section 71 repealed
Section 71 is repealed.
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36. Fourth Schedule amended
Clause 6 of the Fourth Schedule is amended by deleting
"Board's" and inserting instead --
" Authority's ".
5 37. Various references to "Board" amended to "Authority"
The provisions mentioned in the Table to this section are
amended by deleting "Board" in each place where it occurs, or
in the places mentioned in the Table, and inserting instead --
" Authority ".
10 Table
section 24(1) (in 3 places) section 46(2) (in 2 places)
section 24(2) (in the 1st, 2nd section 46(3)
and 3rd places)
section 25A(1) (in 2 places) section 46(8) (in 3 places)
section 25A(4)(a) (in 2 places) section 46(9)
section 26 section 46A(1) (in 3 places)
section 26A(in the 1st place) section 46A(2)
section 26A(b) (in 3 places) section 46B(in 2 places)
section 27(1) (in 2 places) section 48
section 27(2) (in 3 places) section 49
section 30 section 50 (in 2 places)
section 31(2) section 51 (in 3 places)
section 33 (in the 1st and 2nd section 52(1)
places)
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section 33(c), (d), and (g) (in section 52(2)
2 places)
section 33A(1) section 54(3)(b) (in 2 places)
section 33A(15) (definition of section 54(3)(c) (in the 1st and 2nd
"authorized officer") places)
section 34(h) section 54(3)(f) (in 2 places)
section 35(g) section 54(3)(g)(i) (in the
1st place)
section 36(1) (in the 1st place) section 55
section 36(1)(b) (in the section 56(b)
1st place)
section 36(2) (in 2 places) section 57
section 36(3) section 59(ii)
section 37(1) section 61 (in 2 places)
section 37(4) section 62(1)
section 39(2) (in 3 places) section 62(2)
section 40(1) section 65(1)(a) (in 3 places)
section 40(2) section 65(2) (in 3 places)
section 40(4) section 65(4)
section 40(5) (in 2 places) section 65(5)
section 41 section 66 (in 5 places)
section 42(1) section 67(1) (in 4 places)
section 42(3) section 73
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section 43(2) Fourth Schedule, clause 3 (in
2 places)
section 44(1) (in 2 places) Fourth Schedule, clause 4 (in
3 places)
section 45(1) (in 2 places) Fourth Schedule, clause 6
section 45(3) Fourth Schedule, clause 7 (in
2 places)
section 46(1) (in 3 places)
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Part 4 Miscellaneous amendments
s. 38
Part 4 -- Miscellaneous amendments
38. Miscellaneous amendments
The Acts mentioned in Schedule 1 are amended as set out in
that Schedule.
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Miscellaneous amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 -- Miscellaneous amendments
[Section 38]
1. Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended
Part 3 of Schedule V is amended as follows:
5 (a) by deleting the item that begins "The Bush Fires Board";
(b) after the item that begins "The Finance Brokers Supervisory
Board", by inserting the following item --
"
The Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
10 Western Australia established by the Fire and
Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia
Act 1998.
";
(c) by deleting the item that begins "The Western Australian Fire
15 Brigades Board".
2. Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 amended
(1) Section 37(1) is amended as follows:
(a) before the definition of "Fire Brigades Act", by inserting the
following definition --
20 "
"Authority" means the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia established by section 4
of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
Western Australia Act 1998;
25 ";
(b) by deleting the definition of "Fire Brigades Board".
(2) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subclause are amended by
deleting "Board" in each place where it occurs and inserting instead --
" Authority ".
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Table
section 37(3) (in 2 places) section 37(10)
section 37(7) section 37(11)
section 37(9) section 37(15) (in 2 places)
3. Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 amended
Schedule 1 is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the item "Bush Fires Board";
5 (b) after the item "Esperance Port Authority", by inserting the
following item --
"
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western
Australia
10 ";
(c) by deleting the item "Western Australian Fire Brigades Board".
4. Fire Brigades Superannuation Act 1985 amended, and savings
(1) The long title is amended by deleting "the employees, and certain
former employees, of the Western Australian Fire Brigades Board
15 and" and inserting instead --
"
certain persons employed for the purposes of the Fire
and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia
Act 1998, for certain former employees of the Western
20 Australian Fire Brigades Board, for the employees, and
certain former employees, of
".
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Miscellaneous amendments Schedule 1
(2) Section 3(1) is amended as follows:
(a) after the definition of "associated employer", by inserting the
following definitions --
"
5 "Authority" means the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia established by section 4
of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
Western Australia Act 1998;
"chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer
10 of the Authority, as referred to in section 19 of the Fire
and Emergency Services Authority of Western
Australia Act 1998;
";
(b) after the definition of "Commonwealth standards", by
15 inserting the following definition --
"
"eligible Authority employee" means a firefighter, or a
person holding a prescribed office or of a prescribed
class employed under section 19 or 20 of the Fire and
20 Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia
Act 1998;
";
(c) in the definition of "Fire Brigades Board", by inserting after
"Act 1942" the following --
25 "
, as in force immediately before the coming into
operation of the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia Act 1998
";
30 (d) by deleting the definition of "Fire Brigades Board employee";
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(e) by inserting after the definition of "firefighter" the following
definition --
"
"former Fire Brigades Board employee" means a person
5 formerly in the employment of the Fire Brigades
Board;
".
(3) Section 5(1) is amended by deleting "Fire Brigades Board employees,
associated employees," and inserting instead --
10 "
eligible Authority employees, associated employees, former
eligible Authority employees,
".
(4) Section 5(2)(a) is amended by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" and
15 inserting instead --
" chief executive officer ".
(5) Section 27(1) is amended by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" in both
places where it occurs and inserting instead --
" chief executive officer ".
20 (6) Section 27(2) is amended by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" and
inserting instead --
" chief executive officer ".
(7) Section 28(1) is amended by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" and
inserting instead --
25 " chief executive officer ".
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(8) Section 32(a) is amended by deleting "Fire Brigades Board
employees, associated employees," and inserting instead --
"
eligible Authority employees, associated employees,
5 prescribed former eligible Authority employees,
".
(9) Section 32(b) is amended by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" and
inserting instead --
" chief executive officer ".
10 (10) Schedule 1 is amended by deleting "Chief Executive Officer of the
Western Australian Fire Brigades Board." and inserting instead --
" Chief executive officer of the Authority. ".
(11) Clause 1 of Schedule 2 is amended in the definition of "appointed
member" by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" and inserting instead --
15 " Authority ".
(12) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subclause are amended
by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" in each place where it occurs and
inserting instead --
" Authority ".
20 Table
section 4(4)(a) Schedule 2, clause 6(2)
section 4(5) Schedule 2 , clause 7(2)
section 17(4) Schedule 2, clause 7(3)
section 31 (in 2 places)
(13) Despite the amendments made to section 4 of the Fire Brigades
Superannuation Act 1985 by subclause (12), a person appointed and
holding office under that section immediately before the commencement
of this clause as a member or alternate member of the Western Australian
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Fire Brigades Superannuation Board continues, subject to that Act, to
hold that office on and after that commencement for the remainder of the
period for which the person was appointed.
5. Government Employees Superannuation Act 1987 amended
5 Part B of Schedule 1 is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the item "Bush Fires Board";
(b) after the item "Family Court" by inserting the following item --
"
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western
10 Australia
";
(c) by deleting the item "Western Australian Fire Brigades Board".
6. Litter Act 1979 amended
The Third Schedule is amended in column 2 by deleting "The Bush
15 Fires Board" and inserting instead --
"
The Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western
Australia
".
20 7. Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909
amended
(1) Section 45(1) is amended by deleting the definitions of "Fire Brigades
Act" and "Fire Brigades Board" and inserting the following definition
instead --
25 "
"Authority" means the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia established by section 4
of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
Western Australia Act 1998;
30 ".
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(2) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subclause are amended
by deleting "Fire Brigades Board" in each place where it occurs and
inserting instead --
" Authority ".
5 Table
section 45(3) (in 2 places) section 45(10)
section 45(7) section 45(11)
section 45(9)
8. Public Sector Management Act 1994 amended
Schedule 2 is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting item 3A;
(b) after item 10, by inserting the following item --
10 "
10A. Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western
Australia established by the Fire and Emergency
Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998
";
15 (c) by deleting item 60.
9. Sentencing Act 1995 amended
Schedule 1 is amended in the item relating to the Bush Fires Act 1954
by deleting "Bush Fires Board" and inserting instead --
" Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia ".
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10. Water Boards Act 1904 amended
(1) Section 63(1) is amended by deleting the definition of "Board" and
inserting the following definition instead --
"
5 "Authority" means the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia established by section 4
of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of
Western Australia Act 1998;
".
10 (2) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subclause are amended
by deleting "Board" in each place where it occurs (except where it
occurs in the expression "Water Board") and inserting instead --
" Authority ".
Table
section 63(3) (in 2 places) section 63(10)
section 63(7) section 63(11)
section 63(9) section 63(15) (in 2 places)
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