South Australian Current Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT 2005 - SECT 105B

105B—Fire prevention officers

        (1)         Each council—

            (a)         that is a rural council; or

            (b)         that has within its area a designated urban bushfire risk area,

must appoint at least 1 person as a fire prevention officer for its area.

        (2)         A fire prevention officer must have qualifications or experience appropriate to the office.

        (3)         A council must—

            (a)         in determining the number of fire prevention officers that it should appoint under subsection (1); and

            (b)         in assessing the qualifications or experience of a person for the purposes of subsection (2),

take into account any policy developed by SACFS for the purposes of this section.

        (4)         A Chief Officer may, on application by a council, exempt the council from the requirement to appoint a fire prevention officer under this section.