Computer Aided Dispatch system means the Computer Aided Dispatch system operated by the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority established under the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Act 2004; r. 5 employee means a person appointed under section 17 of the Act; financial statements means the accounting records referred to in regulation 60; forestry industry brigade means an industry brigade in the forestry industry; group of brigades or group, in relation to brigades, means a group of brigades formed under section 23A of the Act; hazardous material incident means a hazardous material incident or a toxic fire incident the whole or part of which is not a fire; member or member of a brigade, except in Part 6, means a person who is enrolled by the Authority as a volunteer officer or volunteer member of a brigade; mobile fire-fighting unit means a vehicle suitably equipped for enabling an industry brigade to respond to and fight a fire; operational employee means an employee of the Authority who is an operational staff member within the meaning of the Emergency Services Superannuation Act 1986; plantation holdings means land which is used primarily for tree farming or other commercial forestry purposes;
12 Penalties (1) An employee who is guilty of an offence under regulation 11 may be subject to one or more of the following penalties— (a) an admonition; (b) a reprimand; (c) a fine not exceeding $2000; (d) a reduction in rank not amounting to removal under section 17 of the Act; (e) a reduction in classification not amounting to removal under section 17 of the Act; (f) a reduction in salary; (g) transfer from the employee's position and appointment to another position with the Authority for a specified period or without a period being specified; (h) suspension; (i) removal under section 17 of the Act. (2) If a fine is imposed under this regulation, the Authority may deduct the amount of the fine from the pay of the employee fined, but the maximum amount that may be deducted in respect of each week must not exceed $50. 13 Investigation r. 13 (1) The Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Officer may appoint an employee or other person as an investigator to gather information concerning the circumstances which may have given rise to an offence under regulation 11. (2) Without limiting subregulation (1), the investigator must, as soon as practicable after commencing an investigation, give a written report on the circumstances to the person
(4) The committee must consist of— (a) at least one person experienced in the forestry industry; and (b) at least one person experienced in in rural Victoria; and (c) the Secretary to the Department of Justice or that Secretary's nominee. (5) At least 30 days before designating an area for the formation of a forestry industry brigade, the Authority must give all relevant owners of land in the area a notice— (a) specifying the reasons for the decision to designate the area; and (b) identifying in a map form the area to be designated. (6) The Authority must keep a register of designated areas for forestry industry brigades available for public inspection during business hours at its head office. (7) The Authority may vary the designated area of a forestry industry brigade after consulting with the relevant owner or group of relevant owners. 66 Criteria for formation of forestry industry brigades r. 66 (1) The Authority must have regard to the criteria under this regulation in determining whether to require a relevant owner or group of relevant owners to form a forestry industry brigade for a designated area. (2) If the aggregate plantation holdings of a relevant owner or group of relevant owners in the designated area are 10 000 hectares or more, the Authority must be satisfied that there is no other forestry industry brigade in another designated
(a) that the person ensures that, in conducting or engaging in the conduct of a high risk activity— (i) a shield or guard of fire resistant material is placed or erected in such a way as to prevent the emission of sparks, hot metal or slag; and (ii) the area for a radius of at least 15 metres from the activity is clear of all flammable material or wetted down sufficiently to prevent the spread of fire; and (iii) there is available for immediate use in the event of fire a reticulated water supply or an effective water spray pump of the knapsack pattern with a tank capacity of not less than 9 litres and fully charged with water; and (iv) cut-offs and electrode stubs from the activity are placed directly in a fire proof receptacle; or r. 112 (b) that conducting or engaging in the conduct of a high risk activity is reasonable in the circumstances to— (i) prevent the occurrence of a fire; or (ii) extinguish or restrict the spread of a fire; or (iii) protect life or property; or (c) that conducting or engaging in the conduct of the high risk activity is for the purpose of training in fire-fighting techniques that— (i) take place at a designated training venue approved by the Chief Officer; and
SCHEDULE 5 Sch. 5 Regulation 31(3) The Country Fire Authority is notified that at a meeting of the Group held on the delegates resolved that the Group would be composed of the following brigades. The Authority is requested to vary the composition of the Group accordingly. Date: Group Secretary: __________________ SCHEDULE 6 Sch. 6 Regulation 34(3) 1—GENERAL 1 Definitions (1) In these Rules— brigade delegate means a person who is appointed by a brigade under the Rules of the brigade as a delegate to represent the brigade at meetings of the group and is eligible to vote at meetings of the group; group or group of brigades means a group of brigades formed under section 23A of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958; resolution or resolution of the group means a resolution by a majority of brigade delegates of member brigades present and eligible to vote at a meeting held in accordance with these Rules; the Regulations means the Country Fire Authority Regulations 2014.
(b) if more than one candidate received the highest number of first preference votes, the returning officer must— (i) declare the candidate who received the fewest number of first preference votes an excluded candidate; and (ii) distribute every ballot paper counted to the excluded candidate among the other candidates next in order of the voter's preference; and Sch. 11 (iii) determine the number of votes given to each continuing candidate; and (iv) declare elected the continuing candidate with the highest number of votes; (c) if after following the procedure in paragraph (b) more than one candidate has the highest number of votes, the returning officer must repeat the process described in paragraph (b) until a single candidate receives the highest number of votes. (2) After declaration of the election of the first member of the regional fire prevention committee, the ballot for the election of the second member must be determined as follows— (a) the returning officer must— (i) rearrange all the ballot papers under the names of the respective candidates for which a first preference vote is indicated; and (ii) place every ballot paper on which a first preference vote is indicated for the elected candidate in the parcel of the continuing candidates next in order of the voter's preference; and Sch. 11 (iii) determine the number of votes given to each continuing candidate; and
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