Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY ACT 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Emergency response areas  

   PART 2--NORTHERN TERRITORY FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE

           Division 1--Establishment of Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service

   5.      Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service  
   6.      Role of Fire and Rescue Service  
   7.      Commissioner of Fire and Emergency Services  
   7A.     Acting Commissioner  
   8.      Chief Officer  
   8A.     Approved forms  
   9.      Powers and functions of Chief Officer  
   10.     Delegation  

           Division 2--Establishment of fire and emergency response groups

   11.     Establishment of fire and emergency response groups  
   12.     Operation of fire and emergency response group  

           Division 3--Auxiliary members and volunteer members

   13.     Auxiliary members  
   14.     Volunteer members  
   15.     Protection of employment rights  

           Division 4--Operation of Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service

   16.     Powers and functions of members  
   17.     General orders  

   PART 3--FIRES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

           Division 1--Dealing with fires and other emergencies

   18.     Members to attend all incidents  
   19.     Incident commander  
   20.     Powers of incident commander  
   21.     Authority of incident commander to be recognised  

           Division 2--Investigations of fires and other emergencies

   22.     Fire investigators  
   23.     Powers of fire investigators  
   24.     Fire investigations  

           Division 3--Prevention of fires and other emergencies

   24A.    Definition  
   25.     Hazard reduction powers of entry and inspection  
   26.     Review of requirement  
   27.     Liability where notice not complied with  
   27A.    Certain buildings to be inspected regularly  
   27B.    Certain buildings may be treated as within different prescribed class  

   PART 4--RESTRICTIONS ON LIGHTING FIRES

           Division 1--Fires in open air

   28.     General prohibition against lighting fires in open air  
   29.     Lawful fires  
   30.     Granting of permits  

           Division 2--Fire ban days

   31.     Declaration of fire ban days  
   32.     Fires prohibited on fire ban days  

   PART 5--RESPONSIBILITIES OF OCCUPIERS OF LAND IN RELATION TO FIRES

   33.     Occupier to extinguish fire  
   34.     Power of occupier to enter land etc.  

   PART 6--OFFENCES

           Division 1--Offences relating to fires

   35.     General offences  
   36.     Fires to be extinguished  

           Division 2--Offences in relation to Fire and Rescue Service

   37.     Delivery of property  
   38.     Communication of information  
   39.     Personation  
   40.     Offering bribe  

   PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

   41.     Restrictions on sale of notified articles  
   42.     Damage within insurance policy  
   43.     Fees and charges  
   44.     Commissioned ranks  
   45.     Fire and Rescue Service Gazette  
   47.     Protection of members  
   48.     Liability of person for fire lit by agent or employee  
   49.     Criminal liability of executive officer of body corporate  
   50.     Evidence in proceedings  
   51.     Commencement of prosecutions  
   52.     General penalty  
   53.     Continuing offence  
   54.     Regulations  

   PART 8--TRANSITIONAL MATTERS FOR STATUTE LAW AMENDMENT (DIRECTORS' LIABILITY) ACT 2015

   55.     Offences – before and after commencement  

   PART 9--TRANSITIONAL MATTERS FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024

   56.     Definition  
   57.     Chief Fire Officer  
   58.     Actions, agreement and arrangements  
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