Fire and Emergency Services Amendment Regulations 2013 (WA)

1968 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 14 May 2013

FE301*

Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998

Fire and Emergency Services Amendment

Regulations 2013

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Fire and Emergency Services
Amendment Regulations 2013.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Fire and Emergency Services
Regulations 1998.

4.             Regulation 16 inserted

After regulation 15 insert:

16.           Prescribed associations (Act s. 23)

For the purposes of the definition of prescribed

association in section 23 of the Act —

(a) the Association of Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades of W.A. Inc. is prescribed as a body

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that represents the bush fire brigades under the

Bush Fires Act 1954; and

(b)	the Western Australian Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services Association Inc. is prescribed as a body that represents the volunteer brigades under the Fire Brigades Act 1942; and
(c)	the SES Volunteer’s Association of Western

Australia Inc. is prescribed as a body that represents the SES Units; and

(d) the Volunteer Marine Rescue Western Australia Inc. is prescribed as a body that represents the VMRS Groups; and

(e) the Emergency Services Volunteers

Association Inc. is prescribed as a body that represents the FES Units.

By Command of the Governor,

G. MOORE, Clerk of the Executive Council.