Bush Fires (Fire and Emergency Services Authority) Amendment Regulations 1998 (WA)

6854	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	122 December 1998
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Bush Fires Act 1954

Bush Fires (Fire and Emergency Services Authority) Amendment Regulations 1998

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 - Preliminary

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Bush Fires (Fire and
Emergency Services Authority) Amendment Regulations 1998.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which the
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia
Act 1998 comes into operation.

Part 2 Bush Fires Regulations 1954

3.           The regulations amended

This Part amends the Bush Fires Regulations 1954*•

[* Reprinted as authorised 23 August 1978.

For amendments to 2 December 1998 see 1997 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 27.]

4.            Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3 is amended by deleting the definition of "executive officer".

regulation 38C(2)

5.            Part II repealed

Part II is repealed.

6.            Various amendments relating to the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia

(1)	The regulations mentioned in the Table to this subregulation are amended by deleting "Board" and inserting instead -
" Authority ".

Table

regulation 19(4)	regulation 43(2)
regulation 33(12)	regulation 43(3)

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(2)	The Appendix is amended in the forms mentioned in the Table to this subregulation by deleting "Bush Fires Board" and inserting instead -
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Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western

Australia

Table

Form 4	Form 8
Form 5	Form 9
Form 6	Form 10
Form 7	Form 11

7.           Miscellaneous amendments

(1) Regulation 15(2) is amended by deleting "chief fire control officer" in the 2 places where it occurs and inserting in each place instead -

chief bush fire control officer ".

(2)	Regulation 23(3) is amended by deleting "forestry" in the 2 places where it occurs and inserting in each place instead -
" forest
(3)	Regulation 39(2) is amended by deleting "forestry" and inserting instead -
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forest ".

(4) The Appendix is amended in Form 12 by deleting "Shire/Town"
in the first place where it occurs and inserting instead -

Shire/Town/City ".

Part 3— Bush Fires (Infringements) Regiilatioizs 1978

8.           The regulations amended

This Part amends the Bush Fires (Infringements)

Regulations 1978*.
[* Published in Gazette 10 March 1978, pp. 702-4.

For amendments to 2 December 1998 see 1997

Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 27.]

9. Regulation 4 amended
Regulation 4(b) is deleted and the following paragraph is
inserted instead -

"

(b) in the case of an infringement notice issued by
a person authorized by the Minister or the chief
executive officer or board of management of
the Authority - the chief executive officer of
the Authority or an officer of the Authority
authorized by the chief executive officer of the
Authority;

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10.     Miscellaneous amendment

The First Schedule is amended in item 22 by deleting "forrest- and inserting instead —

" forest ".

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.