Fire Brigades Act 1989 Fire Brigades (Charges) Regulation 1995 (1995-480) [GG No 105 of 1.9.1995] (NSW)

1995—No. 480

FIRE BRIGADES ACT 1989—REGULATION

(Fire Brigades (Charges) Regulation 1995)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 105 of 1 September 1995]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Fire Brigades Act 1989, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

ROBERT JOHN DEBUS, M.P.,

Minister for Emergency Services.

Citation

1. This Regulation may be cited as the Fire Brigades (Charges) Regulation 1995.

Commencement

2. This Regulation commences on 1 September 1995.

Definition

3. In this Regulation, “the Act” means the Fire Brigades Act 1989.

Charges for attending hazardous material incidents

4. For the purposes of section 40 (4A) of the Act, the maximum charges payable for services rendered by members of a fire brigade as described in that subsection are the charges set out in the Table to this clause.

TABLE

For each chief superintendent and above	for each hour $60.00
For each other superintendent ..............	for each hour $51.00

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For each inspector ...............................	for each hour $48.00
For each station commander or captain .	for each hour $42.00

For each firefighter .............................. for each hour $37.00

For each standard pumper, salvage, rescue

monitor, command vehicle or hazmat

vehicle ........................................ for each hour $88.00

For each turntable ladder, hydraulic

platform or Bronto skylift ................. for each hour $171.00

For each district truck .......................... for each hour $29.00

For each station wagan ........................ for each hour $14.00

For the use of each hose ..................... for each hour $13.00

For the use of any material .................. Such amount as is

certified by the Commissioner to be

the cost to the

Commissioner of the material plus 10 per cent for handling costs.

One half of the charges specified is payable in respect of each half hour, or remaining part of a half hour, for which the officer or firefighter is in attendance, or the equipment is available for use, at the incident.

Charges for responding to false alarms

5. For the purposes of section 42 (1) (e) of the Act, $250 is the charge

for responding to a false alarm that:

(a)	resulted from any activation of the alarm except in the course of a test of which prior notice was given to a fire brigade officer and that the Commissioner is satisfied was properly carried out; and
(b)	is the third or further occasion of any such false alarm by the alarm during any period of 60 days which concludes with or after

1 September 1995.

Repeal

6. The Fire Brigades (Charges) Regulation 1989 is repealed.

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NOTES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1 .         Citation

2.         Commencement

3.        Definition

4.         Charges for attending hazardous material incidents

5.        Charges for responding to false alarms

6.        Repeal

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to repeal and remake, with minor changes of

substance, the provisions of the Fire Brigades (Charges) Regulation 1989. The new Regulation deals with the charges that may be imposed for attending hazardous materials incidents (clause 4) and for attendances arising from false alarms (clause 5). Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 6 are machinery provisions.

This Regulation is made under the Fire Brigades Act 1989, including section 85 (the

general regulation making power) and sections 40 and 42.

This Regulation is made in connection with the staged repeal of subordinate legislation under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.