Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation 2016 (NSW)

New South Wales

Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm

Charge) Regulation 2016

under the

Fire Brigades Act 1989

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Fire Brigades Act 1989.

DAVID ELLIOTT, MP

Minister for Emergency Services

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Fire Brigades Regulation 2014 to increase (from $1,250 to $1,600) 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 2013.

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

Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation 2016 [NSW]

Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation 2016

under the

Fire Brigades Act 1989

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Fire Brigades Amendment (False Alarm Charge) Regulation
2016.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 December 2016 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Fire Brigades Regulation 2014

Clause 47 False alarms

Omit “$1,250”. Insert instead “$1,600”.