Bush Fires (Infringements) Regulations 1978 (WA)

Western Australia Bush Fires Act 1954 Bush Fires (Infringements) Regulations 1978 Western Australia Bush Fires (Infringements) Regulations 1978 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Interpretation 1 3. Offences and penalties 1 4. Prescribed officers 1 5. Forms 2 First Schedule Second Schedule Notes Compilation table 10 Defined terms Western Australia Bush Fires Act 1954 Bush Fires (Infringements) Regulations 1978

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Bush Fires (Infringements) Regulations 1978. [Regulation 1 inserted: Gazette 22 December 1998 p.6860.]

2. Interpretation In these regulations — infringement notice means a notice served pursuant to section 59A(2) of the Act; the Act means the Bush Fires Act 1954.

3. Offences and penalties The offences described in the First Schedule to these regulations are those prescribed for the purposes of section 59A of the Act and the amount appearing in the final column of that Schedule, directly opposite an offence, is the prescribed penalty in respect of that offence if dealt with under that section.

4. Prescribed officers For the purposes of section 59A(5) of the Act a prescribed officer is — (a) in the case of an infringement notice issued by a local government, or at the request of a local government, or by a person acting pursuant to a delegation made by a local government pursuant to section 59(3) of the Act —the chief executive officer, mayor or president of the local government; (b) in the case of an infringement notice issued by a person authorised by the Minister or issued by a person employed in the Department for the purposes of this Act — the FES Commissioner or a person employed in the Department authorised by the FES Commissioner; (c) in the case of an infringement notice issued by a member of the Police Force — any commissioned officer of the Police Force; (d) in the case of an infringement notice issued by an authorised CALM Act officer — the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984. [Regulation 4 amended: Gazette 11 August 1978 p.2902; 22 December 1998 pp.6855 and 6860; 18 Sep 2018 p. 3511‑12.]