Fire and Rescue Service Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2002 No. 231 Fire and Rescue Service Act 1990 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT AND REPEAL REGULATION (No. 1) 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE REGULATION 2001 2 Regulation amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Insertion of new pt 1 hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new pt 2 and pt 3 hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 2—CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF FIRES 3A Requirements for a request for issue of a prohibition notice— Act, s 64(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3B Requirements for an application for a permit to light a fire— Act, s 65(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 3—FUNDING FOR URBAN FIRE BRIGADES’. 5 Insertion of new pt 4 hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 3—REPEAL 7 Repeal of Lighting of Fires Regulation 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s4 Fire and Rescue Service Legislation Amendment and No. 231, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Fire and Rescue Service Legislation Amendment and Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 . PART 2—AMENDMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE REGULATION 2001 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the Fire and Rescue Service Regulation 2001. 3 Insertion of new pt 1 hdg Before section 1— insert— ‘PART 1—PRELIMINARY ’. 4 Insertion of new pt 2 and pt 3 hdg After section 3— insert— ‘PART 2—CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF FIRES ‘3A Requirements for a request for issue of a prohibition notice—Act, s 64(2) ‘ (1) For section 64(2) 1 of the Act, a request made by an occupier of land that a notice be issued prohibiting the lighting of fires on adjoining land must be given to the commissioner in writing and include the following— 1 Section 64 (Prohibition by commissioner against lighting of fires) of the Act

s4 3 s4 Fire and Rescue Service Legislation Amendment and No. 231, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (a) the name and address of the person making the request; (b) the address or location of the adjoining land; Example of including the location of the adjoining land — Attaching a map or plan showing the location of the adjoining land. (c) the reasons for the request. ‘ (2) The person making the request must give a copy of the request to the occupier 2 of adjoining land. ‘3B Requirements for an application for a permit to light a fire—Act, s 65(1) ‘For section 65(1) 3 of the Act, a person applying to the commissioner for a permit to light a fire must include the following details with the application— (a) the applicant’s name and address; (b) the real property description of the land on which the fire is to be lit (the “subject land” ); (c) the address or location of the subject land; (d) the location of the part of the subject land on which the fire is to be lit; Example of including the location of the relevant part of the subject land — Providing a map or plan showing the relevant part of the subject land. (e) the name and address of any occupier of adjoining land if known by the applicant; (f) any steps taken by the applicant to notify any occupier of adjoining land about the application and when the steps were taken; (g) if the applicant knows any occupier of adjoining land objects to the lighting of the fire— 2 See section 6 (Definitions) of the Act— “occupier” , used with reference to any premises, means the person in actual occupation or, if there is no such person, the owner. 3 Section 65 (Granting of permits) of the Act

s5 4 s7 Fire and Rescue Service Legislation Amendment and No. 231, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (i) a statement that the occupier objects; and (ii) any reasons for the objection given to the applicant by the occupier. ‘PART 3—FUNDING FOR URBAN FIRE BRIGADES ’. 5 Insertion of new pt 4 hdg After section 14— insert— ‘PART 4—REPEAL’. 6 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) Schedule 5— insert— ‘ “occupier of adjoining land” see section 64(3) 4 of the Act.’. PART 3—REPEAL 7 Repeal of Lighting of Fires Regulation 1991 The Lighting of Fires Regulation 1991 is repealed. 4 Section 64 (Prohibition by commissioner against lighting of fires) of the Act

5 Fire and Rescue Service Legislation Amendment and No. 231, 2002 Repeal Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 29 August 2002. 2. Notified in the gazette on 30 August 2002. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Emergency Services. © State of Queensland 2002