General Fire Amendment Regulations 2012 (TAS)

General Fire Amendment Regulations 2012

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the State Fire Commission, make the following regulations under section 133 of the Fire Service Act 1979 .20 February 2012

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. O’BYRNE

Minister for Police and Emergency Management

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the General Fire Amendment Regulations 2012 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the General Fire Regulations 2010 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 5 amended (Meaning of "specified building") Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (h) in subregulation (1) : (ha) education and care service premises for any education and care service other than a family day care service; (b) by inserting the following subregulation after subregulation (1) : (1A)  For the purposes of subregulation (1)(ha) , "education and care service", "education and care service premises" and "family day care service" have the same meanings as in the Education and Care Services National Law (Tasmania). 5Rescission of regulationsThese regulations are rescinded on the one hundred and eightieth day from the day on which they take effect.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 February 2012

These regulations are administered by the Tasmania Fire Service.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the