Fire Precautions Regulations (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Regulations 1953. No. 3.

Regulations under the Fire Precautions

Ordinance 1926-1953.*

P H I L I P A L B E R T M A R T I N M c B R I D E , Minister of State acting

, for and on behalf of the Minister of State for the Interior, in

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pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Fire Precautions

Ordinance 1926-1953, hereby make the following Regulations.

J Dated this fifth day of March, 1953. P . A. M c B R I D E

for and on behalf of the Minister of State

for the Interior.

FIRE PRECAUTIONS REGULATIONS.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fire. Precautions citation.

Regulations.

2. I n these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Definitions.

" Chief Officer " means the Chief Officer of the Canberra Fire

Brigade;

" commercial bu i ld ing" means a building which is used (or, being unoccupied, is normally used) for trade, business, commercial or industrial purposes, and includes a theatre, a public hall, a hotel, a hostel, a boarding-house (as defined in

i.tl	the Public Health (Boarding-houses) Regulations), and a " fire appliance " means a bucket, extinguisher, hose or other implement or thing for use in the prevention or extinguishing of fire;
^	residential flat building;
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&	" owner ", in relation to a building, includes the holder of a
^	lease from the Commonwealth of the land upon which the building is erected;

" public entertainment " means an exhibition, lecture, amusement, game or sport, admission to which may be procured by pay- ment of money or by any other means as the price or condi- tion of admission;

" public hall " means a room or building of a permanent charac- ter where public entertainments or public meetings are or may be held, and includes any building or premises used in connexion with any such room or building;

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 12th March, 1953.

" public mee t ing" means an assemblage of persons for a public purpose of a political, religious, charitable or intellec- tual nature, whether or not a charge is made for admission, but does not include an assemblage of persons for religious worship only;

" residential flat building " means a building containing one or more flats, but does not include, a row of two or more dwellings attached to each other such as are commonly known as semi-detached or, terrace buildings;

" theatre " means a theatre constructed or used for the presenta- tion of any entertainment on the stage or for the showing of cinematograph pictures, and includes any building or pre- mises used in connexion with such a theatre. . j * '

Owner to	3.—(1.) The owner of a commercial building shall—	&
provide and
maintain fire	(a) provide or install in the building such fire appliances as the	^ ^
appliances.

Minister, or a person authorized by the Minister to give	*
directions under this regulation, directs; and

(b) maintain those appliances to the satisfaction of the Chief

Officer.

(2.) A direction under this section may be given by notice in writing served on the owner, or on his agent in connexion with the building, personally or by post, and if served by post may be addressed to the owner or agent at his last-known place of abode or business.

(3.) The Chief Officer, or a person authorized in writing by him to make inspections under this section, may enter a building for the purpose of ascertaining whether a direction under this section has been complied with or of inspecting fire appliances required to be maintained in the building.

(4.) A person shall not hinder a person in the exercise of his

powers under the last preceding sub-regulation.

Testing of	4 . The Chief Officer may, at the request of the owner of a commer- |r
lire appliance*	cial building and on payment of the prescribed fee, inspect, test or »
by Fire
Brigade.	re-charge a fire appliance installed in the building.

inspection 5. The fees to be paid for the inspection, testing or recharging of and testing fees. g r e a p p i j a n c e g Dy the Chief Officer under the last preceding regulation

are as follows:—

£ s. d.

Testing hose—•

One length	1	0	0
Two lengths	2	0	0
Three lengths	3	0	0
Four lengths	4	0	0
Each additional length beyond four, but not

exceeding eight	10	0
Each additional length beyond eight . .	7	6

£ 5. d.

Chemical extinguishers—

Eecharging—

Eeversible soda and acid type—each	7	6
Breakbottle soda and acid type—each	12	6
Foam type—each	15	0
Carbon tetra-chloride—1 quart type.—each	12	(i
Carbon tetra-ehloride—1 gallon type—each	0	0

Eeplacing—

Cages—each	10	0
Hose—per length	7	6
Washers—each	1	0

^ Inspections of hose and chemical extinguishers—

Per length of hose or per chemical extinguisher	1	0
Minimum charge for inspection	10	(1

G.— (1.) Where a theatre or public hall is used for the purposes of Attendance

a public entertainment or public meeting at which scenery is used in at theatres and

a stage presentation or at which the decorations, appliances, or lighting Publlcnal>3- or meeting.
used or the nature of the entertainment are or is such as, in the
opinion of the Chief Officer, to require the attendance of firemen, one
or more firemen of the Canberra Fi re Brigade, as directed by the Chief

(2.) The fees to be paid by the owner of a theatre or public hall for the attendance of each fireman of the Canberra F i re Brigade so attending shall be at the rate of Five shillings per hour.

Commonwealth and may he sued for and recovered by the Chief Officer ees 7. Fees payable under these Eegulations are a debt due to the Becoveryot

in a court of competent jurisdiction.

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By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra..