Fire Service Act 1979 (TAS)

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Fire Service Act 1979

An Act to amalgamate fire services in the State, to consolidate and amend the law relating to preventing and extinguishing fires and the protection of life and property from fire, to make provision with respect to incidental matters, and to amend and repeal certain enactments

[Royal Assent 19 July 1979]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART IPreliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Fire Service Act 1979. 2Commencement (1)  This section and section 1 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act. (2)  Except as provided in subsections (1), (3), and (4), this Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by proclamation. (3)  Sections 79, 80, and 81 shall commence on a date to be fixed by proclamation, being a day that is the same as, or that is subsequent to, the date fixed under subsection (2). (4)  [Section 2 Subsection (4) amended by No. 71 of 1979, s. 4 ][Section 2 Subsection (4) amended by No. 12 of 1981, s. 34 and Sched. 1 ] Division 3 of Part VI ( sections 79, 80, and 81 excepted), Division 4 of that Part, and section 104 shall commence on 1st July 1980. 3Interpretation [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 1981, s. 4 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 34 of 1984, s. 4 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 51 of 1985, s. 4 and Sched. 2, Pt. II ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 1990, s. 4 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 1991, s. 128 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 25 of 1994, s. 45 and Sched. 3 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 4 ] (1)  [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 1981, s. 4 and s. 34 and Sched. 1 ] In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 37 of 2001, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2001] [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 57 of 2007, s. 4, Applied:13 Dec 2007] approved form means a form approved or provided by the Commission; brigade means a fire brigade established and maintained under this Act; brigade chief means a person appointed as brigade chief under section 26; Chief Officer means the person appointed as Chief Officer under section 10; civil emergency includes – (a) the escape or potential escape of a non-flammable gas, chemical or other potentially hazardous substance; and (b) the flooding of a building or public place; and

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