Fire Brigades Act Amendment Act 1918 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO NONO

GEORGII QUINTI REGIS,

VIII.

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No. 18 of 1918.

AN ACT to amend the Fire Brigades Act,

1916.

[Assented to 13th June, 1918.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Par-	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

This Act may be cited as the Fire Brigades Act Amend- ment Act, 1918, and shall be read as one with the Fire Brigades	Short title.
Act, 1916, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.
Amendment of

1.

Section four of the principal Act is hereby amended by in- serting "or Part 4" after the figure "3" in the first proviso.	Section 4.
Amendment of

2.

Section five of the principal Act is hereby amended by sub-

stituting for the word "Brigade," in subsection (1), the word

"Brigades."

Section 5.

Amendment of

3.

Sections forty-one, forty-three, and forty-four of the prin- cipal Act are hereby amended by omitting the words "the dis-	Sections 41, 43,
and 44.
trict" and "any district" wherever those words appear in the said sections, and inserting in place thereof the words "that por- tion of the State of Western Australia south of the twenty-fourth degree of south latitude and west of the one hundred and twenty- third degree of east longitude," and by omitting the words "for each such district" in subsection (2) of section forty-four.

4.

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Further amend-

. ment of Section 43. 5. Section forty-three of the principal Act is hereby further

amended by adding the following paragraphs:—

(6.) Every broker, agent, or other person who negotiates

any contract insuring against fire any property in Western Aus- tralia on behalf of any insurance company not carrying on busi- ness in Western Australia shall, for the purposes of this Act, himself be deemed to be an insurance company.

(7.) Where an owner of property insures such property against fire with an insurance company not carrying on business in Western Australia such owner shall, in respect of the premium

paid for such insurance, be liable for the contribution which such company would have been liable to contribute in respect of such

premium had such insurance company made returns as required

by this section.