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FIRE SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 5 OF 2011

                 FIRE SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2011

                                 CLAUSE NOTES

CLAUSE 1

     SHORT TITLE

     This Act may be cited as the Fire Service Amendment Act 2011.


CLAUSE 2

     COMMENCEMENT

    This Act commences on 1 July 2011 but if it does not receive the Royal Assent on
    or before that day it is taken to have commenced on that day.

CLAUSE 3

     PRINCIPAL ACT

     In this Act, the Fire Service Act 1979 is referred to as the Principal Act.


CLAUSE 4

    SECTION 78 AMENDMENT (APPLICATION OF DIVISION)

    This amendment establishes that all Commonwealth land that is covered by a "fire
    protection services agreement" between the State Fire Commission and the
    Commonwealth Government is exempt from being charged the Fire Service
    Contribution.

     The amendment also provides a definition of "fire protection services agreement"
     and means:-

      an agreement between the Commission and the Commonwealth under which the
     Commission undertakes to provide fire protection services in respect of specified
     Commonwealth land in this State in consideration of the Commonwealth making a
     contribution towards the operating costs of brigades.



CLAUSE 5

    REPEAL OF ACT

    This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from the day on which it commences.

 


 

 


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