Western Australian Current Regulations

BUSH FIRES REGULATIONS 1954 - REG 43

43 .         Bush fires and losses caused, notification of

        (1)         The owner or occupier of land shall within 7 days of the occurrence of a bush fire on the land, send to the local government in whose district the land is situated written notice in duplicate notifying the local government of the occurrence of the fire and setting out —

            (a)         the date on which the fire occurred;

            (b)         the cause or origin of the fire;

            (c)         the approximate area burned by the fire;

            (d)         an estimate of the total loss caused by the fire;

            (e)         the time when the fire was first noticed;

            (f)         the time when the fire was extinguished;

            (g)         details of persons and equipment used to suppress the fire.

        (2)         A local government shall send to the FES Commissioner in the month of June in each year particulars of losses caused by bush fires in its district during the preceding 12 months.

        (3)         A local government may comply with subregulation (2) by forwarding to the FES Commissioner one copy of each notice received by the local government pursuant to subregulation (1).

        [Regulation 43 inserted: Gazette 10 Mar 1978 p. 708; amended: Gazette 22 Dec 1998 p. 6854 and 6858;31 Oct 2012 p. 5251‑2.]