Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation 2011 (NSW)

2011 No 349

New South Wales

Fire Brigades Amendment (False

Alarm Charge) Regulation 2011

under the

Fire Brigades Act 1989

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Fire Brigades Act 1989.

MICHAEL GALLACHER, MLC

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Fire Brigades Regulation 2008 to increase (from $500 to $750) the charge that is payable when a fire brigade responds to an alarm that is afterwards discovered to have been a false alarm and where it is the second or subsequent occasion of any such false alarm during any period of 60 days. The charge for a false alarm was last increased on 1 July 2009.

This Regulation is made under the Fire Brigades Act 1989, including sections 42 (Charges for other services) and 85 (the general regulation-making power).

Published LW 8 July 2011	Page 1
2011 No 349
Clause 1	Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation 2011

Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge)

Regulation 2011

under the

Fire Brigades Act 1989

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge)
Regulation 2011.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 8 July 2011 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Fire Brigades Regulation 2008

Clause 55 False alarms

Omit “$500”. Insert instead “$750”.