Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1990

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1990, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977
2: This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of January 1991.
2: Interpretation
1: This subsection amended the definition of the term brigade s 2(1)
2: This subsection repealed the definition of the term county area s 2(1)
3: This subsection substituted a new definition for the original definition of the term district s 2(1)
4: This subsection substituted a new definition for the original definition of the term Fire Authority s 2(1)
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6: This subsection substituted definitions of the terms Minister National Commander National Rural Fire Officer National Rural Fire Authority Minister s 2(1)
7: The said section 2(1) prescribed section 2(2) of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987
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9: This subsection substituted a new definition for the original definition of the term Rural Fire Mediator Mediator s 2(1)
10: This subsection substituted a new definition for the original definition of the term specially protected property s 2(1)
11: This subsection inserted the definition of the term territorial area s 2(1)
12: Section 2(2) of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987 Subsections (5) (8) repealed 1 July 2003 266 Local Government Act 2002 See sections 273 to 314
3: Repeal of sections relating to delegation of powers
1: The Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 sections 3A 3B section 3 of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987
2: Section 3 of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987
4: New sections substituted
This section substituted sections 4 to 6
5: Fire Authority in rural fire districts
This section substituted s 7
6: Rural fire committees
This section substituted s 8
7: Fire Authority's powers in areas of urban vegetation
This section amended s 9(b)
8: Fire Authority in territorial areas
This section substituted s 10
9: Duties of Fire Authorities
1: This subsection amended s 12(3)
2: This subsection amended s 12(4)﻿(g)
3: This subsection amended s 12(4)﻿(h)
10: Joint, etc, exercise of statutory control powers
1: This subsection amended s 14(3)
2: This subsection amended s 14(5)
11: Supply of apparatus and fire fighting services
This section amended s 15(3)
12: Forest areas
1: This subsection amended s 17(2)
2: This subsection amended s 17(11)
13: Obligations of Rural Fire Authorities and National Rural Fire Authority in respect of fire control measures
1: This subsection substituted s 18
2: This subsection amended Schedule 3 State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
14: Fire control measures
This section amended s 19(1)﻿(a)
15: Prohibition of fires during extreme fire hazard
This section amended s 20(1)
16: Prohibition of certain operations during period of fire hazard
This section amended s 21(1)﻿(c)
17: Restricted or prohibited fire seasons
This section substituted s 22(1)
18: Appeal from notice to make firebreak or escape route or remove combustible material
This section amended s 28(1)
19: Regulations may require maintenance of fire fighting equipment by rural fire committees
a: This subsection amended s 30(1)
b: This subsection amended s 30(2)
20: Maintenance of apparatus by persons cutting timber
This section amended s 33(2)
21: Requisition by Fire Officer of assistance to extinguish fires
a: This paragraph amended s 38(2)
b: This paragraph amended s 38(6)
c: This paragraph amended s 38(7)
22: Regional fire emergency
1: This subsection substituted s 39
2: This subsection amended Schedule 3 State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 s 39 Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977
23: Levy for costs of fire fighting in districts other than State areas
1: This subsection amended s 46(1)
2: This subsection repealed s 18(c) Fire Service Amendment Act 1986
24: Appeals against levies and determinations
This section amended s 49(1)
25: Payment of fire control costs following regional fire emergency
1: This subsection substituted s 51
2: This subsection amended Schedule 3 State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 s 51 Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977
26: Appeal against apportionment of fire fighting costs in regional fire emergency
This section substituted s 52
27: Fire Authority may borrow money
This section amended s 54(1)
28: New sections substituted
This section substituted sections 56 57
29: Inquiries as to fires
This section substituted s 59(1)
30: Repeal of provisions relating to annual levy on fire authorities
1: This section repealed ss 60A to 60F
2: Section 7(1) Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1989
31: Notices
1: This subsection amended s 63(1) (2)
2: This subsection amended Schedule 3 State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
32: New sections substituted
1: This section substituted s 64 s 64A
33: Annual report
This section substituted s 66
34: Regulations
This section amended s 67(1)
35: Reserve powers of Ministry of Forestry
This section repealed s 68
36: Repeals
Sections 2(1)﻿(a) and 7 of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987
37: Transitional provisions in relation to documents, etc
1: Without limiting any other provision of this Act or of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924
a: The repeal or amendment or substitution of any provision of any Act by any provision of this Act shall not affect any document made or anything whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or amended or substituted and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal or amendment or substitution and could have been made or done under the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977
b: Any Order in Council which has been made under section 4 7 8 22 Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 Gazette Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977
2: Where any Order in Council continues to have effect by virtue of subsection (1)﻿(b) Gazette Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977
38: Validation
Any action taken under the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 Fire Service Amendment Act 1990