Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A local government
may at any time appoint such persons as it thinks fit as a bush fire advisory
committee for the purpose of advising the local government regarding all
matters relating to the preventing, controlling and extinguishing of bush
fires, the planning of the layout of fire-breaks in the district, prosecutions
for breaches of this Act, the formation of bush fire brigades and the grouping
thereof under group brigade officers, the ensuring of co-operation and
co-ordination of bush fire brigades in their efforts and activities, and any
other matter relating to bush fire control whether of the same kind as, or a
different kind from, those specified in this subsection.
(2) A committee
appointed under this section shall include a member of the council of the
local government nominated by it for that purpose as a member of the
committee, and the committee shall elect one of their number to be chairman
thereof.
(3) In respect to a
committee so appointed, the local government shall fix the quorum for the
transaction of business at meetings of the committee and may —
(a) make
rules for the guidance of the committee; and
(b)
accept the resignation in writing of, or remove, any member of the committee;
and
(c)
where for any reason a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the
committee, appoint a person to fill that vacancy.
(4) A committee
appointed under this section —
(a) may
from time to time meet and adjourn as the committee thinks fit;
(b)
shall not transact business at a meeting unless the quorum fixed by the local
government is present;
(c) is
answerable to the local government and shall, as and when required by the
local government, report fully on its activities.
[Section 67 inserted: No. 11 of 1963 s. 28;
amended: No. 67 of 1970 s. 5; No. 65 of 1977 s. 45; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]