Fire Brigade (Administration) Act (No 2) 1975 (ACT)

No. 10 of 1975

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Fire Brigade (Administration) Ordinance 1974,

as amended by the Fire Brigade (Administration)

Ordinance 1975.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under

the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910-1973.

Dated this ninth day of April, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

GORDON M. BRYANT

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

FIRE BRIGADE (ADMINISTRATION) ORDINANCE

(No. 2) 1975

1 . ( 1 ) This Ordinance may be cited as the Fire Brigade (Adminis­

tration) Ordinance (No. 2) 1975.*

(2) The Fire Brigade (Administration) Ordinance 1974,f as

amended by the Fire Brigade (Administration) Ordinance 1975,J is in

this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3) Section 1 of the Fire Brigade (Administration) Ordinance

1975 is amended by omitting sub-section ( 3 ) .

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 11 April 1975.
t Ordinance N o . 52, 1974.
t Ordinance N o . 4, 1975.

(4) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may

be cited as the Fire Brigade (Administration) Ordinance 1974-1975.

2. Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the definition of " Commissioner" and substituting the following definition:—

" 'Commissioner' means the Fire Commissioner appointed under section 4 or a person appointed under section 11 to act in the office of Commissioner;".

3 . Section 11 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:—

" (1 ) Where—

(a) there is a vacancy in the office of Commissioner; or

(b) the Commissioner is, or is expected to be, absent from duty,

the Minister may appoint a person to act in the office of Commissioner until the filling of the vacancy or during the absence, as the case may be, but a person so appointed by reason of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner shall not act in that office for a continuous period of more than 6 months.".