BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 50
BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 50
50 . Records to be maintained by local governments
(1) A local government
shall maintain records containing the following information —
(a) the
names, addresses, and usual occupations of all the bush fire control officers
and bush fire brigade officers appointed by or holding office under the local
government;
(b)
where a bush fire control officer holds office in respect of part only of the
district of the local government, descriptive particulars of that part of the
district in respect of which the bush fire control officer holds office;
(c)
particulars of the nature, quantity, and quality of the bush fire fighting
equipment and appliances which are generally available within the district of
the local government for use in controlling and extinguishing bush fires.
(2) The Governor may
make regulations —
(a)
requiring an owner or occupier of land to notify the local government in whose
district the land is situated of the occurrence of any bush fire on the land;
(b)
requiring a local government to send to the FES Commissioner particulars of
losses caused by bush fires in its district;
(c)
prescribing the times at or within which, and the manner in which, the
requirements of the regulations shall be complied with;
(d)
imposing a maximum penalty of $1 000 for any breach of the regulations.
[Section 50 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No.
65 of 1977 s. 39; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 42 of 1998 s. 16; No. 38 of 2002
s. 39; No. 22 of 2012 s. 69.]