Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 (Tas)

Fire Service Amendment Act 2005

An Act to amend the Fire Service Act 1979 [Royal Assent 15 September 2005]

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:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fire Service Amendment Act 2005 .

2. Commencement (1) This Act, other than section 4, commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, but if it does not receive the Royal Assent on or before 1 July 2005 this Act, other than section 4, is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2005. (2) Section 4 commences on 1 July 2006.

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

4. The amendments effected by this section have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Fire Service Act 1979 .

5. Validation (1) A fire service contribution collected by a local council pursuant to section 81C of the Principal Act before 1 July 2005is not taken to have been invalidly levied or collected (or contributed) by reason only that the fire service contribution was levied and collected in respect of public land to which Division 3 of Part VI of the Principal Act did not, before that day, apply. (2) In this section – contributed means contributed, pursuant to section 79 of the Principal Act, towards the operating costs of fire brigades established and maintained under that Act; fire service contribution means a fire service contribution referred to in section 81C(2) of the Principal Act; local council has the same meaning as in the Principal Act; public land means land owned by – (a) a local council; or (b) the Crown in right of this State.