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LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nCONTENTS\nPage\nFire and Emergency Services ............................................................................................................ 2861\nHeritage.............................................................................................................................................. 2861\nJustice ................................................................................................................................................ 2865\nLocal Government .............................................................................................................................. 2865\nMarine/Maritime................................................................................................................................ 2880\nParliament ......................................................................................................................................... 2881\nPublic Notices..................................................................................................................................... 2881\n\nIMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE\n© State of Western Australia\nThis work is copyright. 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In these\ninstances arrangements will be made for pricing the notice at time of lodging).\nAll other Notices—\nPer Column Centimetre—$15.60\nBulk Notices—$285.60 per page\nClients who have an account will only be invoiced for charges over $100.\nFor charges under $100, clients will need to supply credit card details at time of lodging notice\n(i.e. a notice under 7cm would not be invoiced).\nClients without an account will need to supply credit card details at the time of lodging the notice.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2861\nFIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES\nFE401\nBUSH FIRES ACT 1954\nTOTAL FIRE BAN DECLARATION\nCorrespondence No. D18023\nPursuant to powers delegated under the Bush Fires Act 1954, the Assistant Commissioner of the\nDepartment of Fire and Emergency Services, declared under Section 22A of the Bush Fires Act 1954, a\ntotal fire ban for 18 August 2023 for the local government districts of—\nPort Hedland.\nDated 17 August 2023.\nJON BROOMHALL, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of\nFire and Emergency Services, as a sub-delegate of the Minister\nunder section 16 of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998.\nHERITAGE\nHR401\nHERITAGE ACT 2018\nINSTRUMENT OF DELEGATION—CITY OF FREMANTLE\nPursuant to section 19 of the Heritage Act 2018 (Act), the Heritage Council of Western Australia\nresolved to—\n1. To revoke the delegation instrument as published in the Government Gazette on 3 June 2022\nat page 3221;\n2. To delegate the provision of advice under section 74 of the Act to the Manager Strategic\nPlanning and City Design (delegate) of the City of Fremantle (City) for proposals as defined\nunder section 71 of the Act that if implemented would, or would be likely to, affect P25225 West\nEnd, Fremantle (West End) as defined by the Council.\n3. To require that the delegate refer proposals for the classes and in the locations specified in\nSchedule 1 to the Council for determination.\n4. To require that the delegate has due regard to the Heritage Council Delegation Framework\ndated July 2023 as published by the Council on its website when exercising this delegation.\n5. To declare that this resolution take effect when notice of it is published in the Government\nGazette.\nThis delegation shall come into operation on 22 August 2023.\nVAUGHAN DAVIES, Assistant Director General, Heritage and\nProperty Services, Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage.\n__________\nSchedule\nThis is the Schedule to the instrument of delegation as authorised by the Heritage Council of Western\nAustralia pursuant to section 19 of the Heritage Act 2018 (Act).\nSchedule 1\n1. Other registered places\nProposals that would also affect, or be likely to affect, any registered place as defined in section 4 of the\nAct, other than West End.\n2. Places owned or occupied by the City\nProposals related to a place owned or occupied by, or where the management body is, the City.\n3. Contentious issues\nProposals where, in the opinion or understanding of the delegate—\n(a) the impacts on the cultural heritage significance of a place are assessed as ‘major’ on the Impact\nRating provided at Schedule 1 of the Heritage Council Delegation Framework dated July 2023;\n(b) there is substantial public, community commentary or media activity;\n(c) the Minister for Heritage is, or is likely to become, involved or interested;\n(d) there are significant stakeholder objections or concerns;\n\n2862 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\n(e) the recommended response would conflict with the direction or activity of any statutory\nauthority or State agency;\n(f) the recommended response conflicts or is inconsistent with a previous Council resolution, or an\nadopted Council policy;\n(g) there is no consensus between the delegate and their reporting/supporting officer(s) or\nprofessional advisers;\n(h) a decision may have a negative impact on the reputation of the Council, the Minister or cultural\nheritage in general.\n4. State-wide interest\nProposals for—\n(a) any State-wide or regional activity, policy, guidelines or strategy where there is an identified\nheritage matter to be raised\n(b) State legislation or policy that may impact on heritage places\n(c) projects that will have a broad impact on the economy or cultural heritage of the State or a\nregion.\n5. Heritage Agreements\nProposals that would result in the delegate exercising their delegated powers in a way that would\ncommit the Council to entering a heritage agreement; unless it can be clearly demonstrated as being\nconsistent with the Council’s policy ‘Heritage agreement as a condition of Heritage Council support’.\n6. Places of strategic priority\nProposals that relate to a place for which the delegate has received notice that, in the opinion of the\nCouncil, is a strategic priority.\n———————————\nHR402\nHERITAGE ACT 2018\nINSTRUMENT OF DELEGATION NO. 4\nPursuant to section 19 of the Heritage Act 2018 (Act), the Heritage Council of Western Australia\nresolved to—\n1. To revoke the delegation instruments that were published in the Government Gazette on\n27 May 2022 at page 3110; and\n2. To delegate its powers and functions under the Act as set out in Column 1 of Schedule 1 to the\nspecified person or the holder for the time being of a specified office in the Heritage and\nProperty Services Division, Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage as specified in\nColumn 2.\n3. To require the delegate to refer applications for the classes and in the locations specified in\nSchedule 2 to the Council for determination.\n4. To require that the delegate have due regard to the Heritage Council Delegation Framework\ndated July 2023 as published by the Council on its website.\n5. To declare that this resolution take effect when notice of it is published in the Government\nGazette.\nThis delegation shall come into operation on 22 August 2023.\nVAUGHAN DAVIES, Assistant Director General Heritage and\nProperty Services, Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage.\n__________\nSchedule\nThis is the Schedule to the instrument of delegation as authorised by the Heritage Council of Western\nAustralia pursuant to section 19 of the Heritage Act 2018 (Act).\nSchedule 1\nColumn 1: Powers or functions Column 2: Delegate\n1. To make preliminary determination under\nsection 39(2) of the Act as to whether the\nnominated place warrants review.\nAssistant Director General; or\nExecutive Director, Heritage Services.\n2. To determine whether the accepted request for\namendment of the land description in the\nregister entry warrants consideration in detail\nunder section 43(2).\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2863\nColumn 1: Powers or functions Column 2: Delegate\n3. To determine, and recommend to the Minister,\nwhether an amendment to the land description\nin an entry in the register be made pursuant to\nsection 44.\n4. To determine whether the accepted request for\nremoving an entry in the register warrants\nconsideration in detail under section 48(2).\n5. To update or amend statements of cultural\nheritage significance pursuant to section 53.\n6. To determine whether a place should be the\nsubject of a heritage agreement for any reasons\nas specified in section 91(1)(e) of the Act.\n7. To call tenders, award contracts, appoint\ntechnical or professional consultants for the\npurposes of—\n(a) identifying, documenting or conserving\nplaces of cultural heritage significance;\nand\n(b) assisting with education, research and\npublication that furthers the objectives\nof the Act.\n8. To commence any prosecution under section\n136 the Act.\n9. To determine an application for a works\npermit made under section 79 of the Act.\nAssistant Director General;\nExecutive Director, Heritage Services;\nDirector, Historic Heritage Conservation; or\nAssistant Manager, Historic Heritage\n10. To provide advice to the relevant decision-\nmaker under section 74 of the Act and other\nwritten laws (e.g. Planning and Development\n2005).\n11. To direct an owner or occupier of any place to\ngive information or comply with any orders\nunder sections 126(1) and 133(5) of the Act.\nAssistant Director-General;\nExecutive Director Heritage Services; or\nInspectors appointed under section 114 of the\nAct.\nSchedule 2\n1. Contentious issues\nProposals where, in the opinion or understanding of the delegate—\n(a) the impacts on the cultural heritage significance of a place are assessed as ‘major’ on the Impact\nRating provided at Schedule 1 of the Heritage Council Delegation Framework dated July 2023;\n(b) there is substantial public, community commentary or media activity;\n(c) the Minister for Heritage is, or is likely to become, involved or interested;\n(d) there are significant stakeholder objections or concerns;\n(e) the recommended response would conflict with the direction or activity of any statutory\nauthority or State agency;\n(f) the recommended response conflicts or is inconsistent with a previous Council resolution, or an\nadopted Council policy;\n(g) there is no consensus between the delegate and their reporting/supporting officer(s) or\nprofessional advisers;\n(h) a decision may have a negative impact on the reputation of the Council, the Minister or cultural\nheritage in general.\n2. State-wide interest\nProposals for—\n(a) any State-wide or regional activity, policy, guidelines or strategy where there is an identified\nheritage matter to be raised\n(b) State legislation or policy that may impact on heritage places\n(c) projects that will have a broad impact on the economy or cultural heritage of the State or a\nregion.\n3. Heritage Agreements\nProposals that would commit the Council to entering a heritage agreement; unless it is consistent with\nthe Council’s policy ‘Heritage agreement as a condition of Heritage Council support’.\n4. Places of strategic priority\nProposals that relate to a place for which the delegate has received notice that, in the opinion of the\nCouncil, is a strategic priority.\n\n2864 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\nHR403\nHERITAGE ACT 2018\nINSTRUMENT OF DELEGATION—NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (WA)\nPursuant to section 19 of the Heritage Act 2018 (Act), the Heritage Council of Western Australia\nresolved to—\n1. To revoke the delegation instrument, which was published in the Government Gazette on\n24 September 2019 at page 3408; and\n2. To delegate the provision of advice under s.74 of the Act to Senior Manager Asset Management\n(delegate) of the National Trust of Australia (WA) (Trust) for proposals for works located in any\nplace acquired by, vested in, or under the control of the Trust.\n3. To require the delegate to refer applications for the classes and in the locations specified in\nSchedule 1 to the Council for determination.\n4. To require that the delegate have due regard to the Heritage Council Delegation Framework\ndated July 2023 as published by the Council on its website when exercising this delegation.\n5. To declare that this resolution take effect when notice of it is published in the Government\nGazette.\nThis delegation shall come into operation on 22 August 2023.\nVAUGHAN DAVIES, Assistant Director General Heritage and\nProperty Services, Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage.\n__________\nSchedule\nThis is the Schedule to the instrument of delegation as authorised by the Heritage Council of Western\nAustralia pursuant to section 19 of the Heritage Act 2018 (Act).\nSchedule 1\n1. Contentious issues\nProposals where, in the opinion or understanding of the delegate—\n(a) the impacts on the cultural heritage significance of a place are assessed as ‘major’ on the Impact\nRating provided at Schedule 1 of the Heritage Council Delegation Framework dated July 2023;\n(b) there is substantial public, community commentary or media activity;\n(c) the Minister for Heritage is, or is likely to become, involved or interested;\n(d) there are significant stakeholder objections or concerns;\n(e) the recommended response would conflict with the direction or activity of any statutory\nauthority or State agency;\n(f) the recommended response conflicts or is inconsistent with a previous Council resolution, or an\nadopted Council policy;\n(g) there is no consensus between the delegate and their reporting/supporting officer(s) or\nprofessional advisers;\n(h) a decision may have a negative impact on the reputation of the Council, the Minister or cultural\nheritage in general.\n2. State-wide interest\nProposals for—\n(a) any State-wide or regional activity, policy, guidelines or strategy where there is an identified\nheritage matter to be raised\n(b) State legislation or policy that may impact on heritage places\n(c) projects that will have a broad impact on the economy or cultural heritage of the State or a\nregion.\n3. Heritage Agreements\nProposals that would commit the Council to entering a heritage agreement; unless it is consistent with\nthe Council’s policy ‘Heritage agreement as a condition of Heritage Council support’.\n4. Places of strategic priority\nProposals that relate to a place for which the delegate has received notice that, in the opinion of the\nCouncil, is a strategic priority.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2865\nJUSTICE\nJU401\nPRISONS ACT 1981\nPERMIT DETAILS\nPursuant to Section 15U of the Prisons Act 1981, I hereby revoke the following permits—\nSurname Other Name(s) Permit No.\nBrady Shane Thomas AP 0722\nChia Karen Wendy PA 0758\nMarshall Lucy Eva-Dianne PA 0728\nDated 15 August 2023.\nMIKE REYNOLDS, Commissioner, Corrective Services.\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT\nLG401\nBUSH FIRES ACT 1954\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nShire of Pingelly\nBUSH FIRE BRIGADES LOCAL LAW 2023\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the Shire of Pingelly Bush Fire Brigades Local Law 2023.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.\n1.3 Definitions\n(1) In this local law unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Bush Fires Act 1954;\nBrigade area is defined in clause 2.1(3)(b);\nBrigade member means any member referred to in clause 4.1;\nBrigade officer means a person holding a position referred to in clause 2.2 (3), whether or not he\nor she was appointed by the local government or elected at an annual general meeting of a\nBush Fire Brigade or otherwise appointed to the position;\nBush Fire Brigade is defined in section 7 of the Act;\nBush Fire Control Officer means a Bush Fire Control Officer appointed by the local government\nunder section 38 the Act;\nBush fire operating procedures means the operating procedures adopted by the local\ngovernment as amended from time to time;\nCEO means the chief executive officer of the local government;\nChief Bush Fire Control Officer means the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer appointed under the\nAct;\nCommittee means the Committee of the Bush Fire Brigade;\nCouncil means the Council of the Shire of Pingelly;\nDFES means the Department of Fire and Emergency Services;\ndirect communications is the act of transferring information from one place, person or group to\nanother with confirmation of understanding and acknowledgement of receipt;\nDistrict means the area within the boundary of the Shire of Pingelly;\nFire fighting member means a registered operational member of a Bush Fire Brigade;\nLocal Government means the Shire of Pingelly;\nLocal law means the Shire of Pingelly Bush Fire Brigades Local Law 2023;\nnormal brigade activities are defined by section 35A of the Act;\nRegulations means Regulations made under the Act;\nRules means the Rules Governing the Operation of Bush Fire Brigades; and\nSchedule means a schedule to this local law.\n\n2866 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\n(2) In this local law, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to—\n(a) a Captain;\n(b) a First Lieutenant;\n(c) a Second Lieutenant;\n(d) Fire Control Officer;\n(e) any additional Lieutenants;\n(f) a Training Officer;\n(g) an Equipment Officer;\n(h) a Secretary; or\n(i) a Treasurer.\nmeans a person holding that position in a Bush Fire Brigade.\n1.4 Repeal\nThe Shire of Pingelly By-Law Relating to Fire Control Matters as published in the Government Gazette\non 1 November 1995 including amendments, is repealed on the day that this local law comes into\noperation.\n1.5 Application\nThis local law applies throughout the district.\nPART 2—ESTABLISHMENT AND CANCELLATION OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES\nDivision 1—Establishment of a Bush Fire Brigade\n2.1 Establishment and naming of a Bush Fire Brigade\n(1) The local government may establish a Bush Fire Brigade for the purpose of carrying out normal\nbrigade activities.\n(2) A Bush Fire Brigade is established on the date of the local government's decision under subclause\n(1).\n(3) On establishing a Bush Fire Brigade under clause 2.1(1) the local government is to—\n(a) give a name to the Bush Fire Brigade; and\n(b) specify the area in which the Bush Fire Brigade is primarily responsible for carrying out the\nnormal brigade activities (the \"brigade area\").\n(4) The local government must register the brigade in a register kept pursuant to section 41(2) of the\nAct.\n2.2 Appointment of brigade officers\n(1) On establishing a Bush Fire Brigade under clause 2.1(1) the local government is to appoint or\nprovide for the election of brigade officers as defined in the Rules Governing the Operation of Bush\nFire Brigades (Schedule 1 of this local law).\n(2) When considering the appointment or election of brigade officers the local government is to consider\nthe qualifications, experience and skills required to fill each position.\n(3) A person appointed or elected to a brigade is taken to be a brigade member of that brigade.\n(4) The appointments expire at the completion of the first annual general meeting of the Bush Fire\nBrigade.\n(5) If a position becomes vacant prior to the completion of the first annual general meeting, then the\nlocal government may appoint a person to fill the vacancy.\nDivision 2—Transitional\n2.3 Existing Bush Fire Brigades\nWhere a local government has established a Bush Fire Brigade prior to the commencement date of this\nLocal Law, from the commencement date—\n(a) The Bush Fire Brigade is to be taken to be a Bush Fire Brigade established under and in\naccordance with this local law; and\n(b) any rules governing the operation of the Bush Fire Brigade are to be taken to have been\nrepealed and substituted with the Rules.\nDivision 3—Cancellation of a Bush Fire Brigade\n2.4 Cancellation of a Bush Fire Brigade registration\nThe local government may cancel the registration of a Bush Fire Brigade, in accordance with section\n41(3) of the Act, if it is of the opinion that the Bush Fire Brigade is not complying with the Act, this\nlocal law, the bush fire operating procedures or the Rules.\n2.5 New arrangement after cancellation of registration\nIf the local government cancels the registration of a Bush Fire Brigade, the local government is to make\nalternative fire control arrangements for that brigade area.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2867\nPART 3—OBJECTIVE, ORGANISATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES\nDivision 1—Objectives of Bush Fire Brigades\n3.1 Objectives\nThe objectives of the Bush Fire Brigade are to carry out—\n(a) Normal Brigade activities; and\n(b) the functions of the Bush Fire Brigade as specified in the Act, the Regulations and this local\nlaw.\nDivision 2—Local Government Responsibility\n3.2 Local government responsible for structure\nThe local government is to ensure that an appropriate structure through which the organisation of\nBush Fire Brigades is maintained.\n3.3 Bush Fire Brigade to be supplied with Act\nThe local government is to supply each Bush Fire Brigade with two copies of the Act, the Regulations,\nthe Bush Fire Brigade operating procedures, relevant local government policies, this local law and any\nother written laws which may be relevant to the performance of the brigade officers' functions, and any\namendments which are made from time to time.\nDivision 3—Bush Fire Advisory Committee\n3.4 Functions of Advisory Committee\nThe Bush Fire Advisory Committee is to have the functions set out in section 67 of the Act and is to\ninclude such number of nominees of the Bush Fire Brigades as may be determined by the local\ngovernment from time to time.\n3.5 Advisory Committee to consider brigade motions\nThe Bush Fire Advisory Committee shall consider any motion received from a Bush Fire Brigade and\nmay make recommendations to the local government in relation to any motion supported by the Bush\nFire Advisory Committee.\nDivision 4—Bush Fire Control Officers\n3.6 Local government to have regard to nominees for Bush Fire Control Officers\nWhen considering the appointment of persons for the position of a Bush Fire Control Officer under\nsection 38 of the Act, the local government is to have regard to persons nominated by any Bush Fire\nBrigade but is not bound to appoint the nominated person(s).\n3.7 Functions of a Bush Fire Control Officer\n(1) The statutory powers and duties of Bush Fire Control Offices shall be those contained in the Act.\n(2) Under the provision of section 38 of the Act, the local government may appoint Bush Fire Control\nOfficers generally or classes of Bush Fire Control Officers in order to carry out some or all the\nfunctions of the Act.\n(3) The functions of a Bush Fire Control Officer, or classes of Bush Fire Control Officers, are to be as\ndescribed in the Bush Fire Control Officer position description as below but not limited to—\n(a) Authorise permits to burn in accordance with the Act;\n(b) Identify and conduct Risk Assessments in the brigade area;\n(c) Maintain a personal fire diary to include a log of events and decisions made;\n(d) Perform duties prescribed by the Act;\n(e) Provide representation on the Bush Fire Advisory Committee (BFAC);\n(f) To take control of firefighting operations at a bush fire within their brigade area;\n(g) To take control of firefighting operations at a bush fire outside their brigade area where no\nother Fire Control Officer is present; and\n(h) exercise any of the appropriate powers of the FES Commissioner under the Fire Brigades\nAct 1942, in so far as the same may be necessary or expedient, for extinguishing a bush fire or\nfor preventing the spread or extension of the fire.\n(4) The local government may limit the area in which a Bush Fire Control Officer can carry out his\nfunctions to one or more specified Bush Fire Brigade area.\n3.8 Local government to advise Bush Fire Advisory Committee of appointments\nWithin one month of the local government receiving a Bush Fire Brigade's nomination for persons to\nserve as Bush Fire Control Officers, the local government is to advise the Bush Fire Advisory\nCommittee of the persons appointed by the local government as Bush Fire Control Officers.\nDivision 5—Chief Bush Fire Control Officer\n3.9 Role and duties of Chief Bush Fire Control Officer\n(1) Subject to any directions of the CEO, the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer has primary managerial\nresponsibility for the organisation and maintenance of Bush Fire Brigades.\n(2) The Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or his Deputy may attend as a non-voting representative of the\nlocal government, at any meeting of a Bush Fire Brigade.\n\n2868 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\n(3) Chief Bush Fire Control Officer and the Deputy Chief Bush Fire Control Officer who shall be first\nand second in seniority of those officers, and subject thereto may determine the respective seniority\nof the other Bush Fire Control Officers appointed by it.\n(4) The duties of the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer are to be as described in the Chief Bush Fire\nControl Officer position description in addition to the Bush Fire Control Officer as below but not\nlimited to—\n(a) Demonstrate positive leadership to Bush Fire Brigades;\n(b) Promote the use of AIIMS structure during response to FCO's, Brigades and volunteer fire\nfighters;\n(c) Provide representation on the Bush Fire Advisory Committee, Regional Operations Advisory\nCommittee and Local Emergency Management Committee;\n(d) Monitor Bush Fire Brigade resourcing, equipment and training levels with the district\n(e) Liaise with the local government and other Fire Control Officers concerning fire\nprevention/suppression matters generally;\n(f) Make tactical decisions with regard to permits to burn, prescribed burning and other\noperational matters;\n(g) Determine when Harvest and Vehicle movement bans should be implemented in conjunction\nwith other officers and the local government; and\n(h) During wildfire incidents manage the fire resources of the Shire and Brigades and where\nnecessary fulfil role as incident controller.\nPART 4—BRIGADE MEMBERSHIP\nDivision 1—Types of Membership\n4.1 Membership of a Bush Fire Brigade\nThe membership of a Bush Fire Brigade consists of the following—\n(a) operational members;\n(b) trainee members;\n(c) support members;\n(d) cadet members;\n(e) life members; and\n(f) honorary life members. A person shall only have membership of one Bush Fire Brigade with\nthe local government district at any given time.\n4.2 Operational members\nOperational members are those persons aged being at least 16 years of age who undertake all normal\nbrigade activities and have completed the required training qualification as determined by the local\ngovernment.\n4.3 Trainee members\nMembers joining a Bush Fire Brigade shall be classified as trainee members until they completed the\nbasic training qualification as determined by the local government from time to time.\n4.4 Cadet members\nCadet members are—\n(a) to be aged 11 to 15 years;\n(b) to be admitted to membership only with the consent of their parent or guardian;\n(c) admitted for the purpose of training and are not to attend an uncontrolled fire or other\nemergency incident;\n(d) to be supervised by an operational member when undertaking normal brigade activities as\ndefined by paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and of section 35A of the Act; and\n(e) ineligible to vote at brigade meetings.\n4.5 Support members\nSupport members are brigade members who are not otherwise classified as an operational member,\ntrainee member or cadet member.\n4.6 Life member\n(1) The brigade may by a simple majority resolution appoint a person as a life member in recognition\nof services by that person to the Bush Fire Brigade.\n(2) Only an Operational member can be appointed as a life member.\n4.7 Honorary life member\n(1) The brigade may by a simple majority resolution appoint a person as an honorary life member in\nrecognition of services by that person to the Bush Fire Brigade.\n(2) Honorary life members are ineligible to vote at brigade meetings.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2869\nDivision 2—Command at a Fire\n4.8 Interpretation\nIn this Division \"in attendance\" includes attendance—\n(a) in person; or\n(b) via direct communications.\n4.9 Ranks within the Bush Fire Brigade\nWhere, under the Act, members of a Bush Fire Brigade have command of a fire—\n(a) where a Bush Fire Control Officer is in attendance at the fire, the most senior Bush Fire Control\nOfficer has full control over all other persons fighting the fire and is to issue instructions as to\nthe methods and tactics to be adopted by the fire fighters, in accordance with sections 39(1)(f)\nand 44(3) of the Act; and\n(b) in the absence of a Bush Fire Control Officer, the Captain has full control over all other persons\nfighting the fire, and is to issue instructions as to the methods and tactics to be adopted by the\nfire fighters; and\n(c) in the absence of the Captain, the first Lieutenant, and in the absence of the first, the second\nLieutenant and so on, in the order of seniority determined, is to exercise all the powers and\nduties of the Captain.\nPART 5—EQUIPMENT OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES\n5.1 Policies of local government\nThe local government may make policies to—\n(a) provision funding to Bush Fire Brigades for the purchase of protective clothing, equipment and\ntraining; and\n(b) keep Bush Fire Brigades informed of funding opportunities from other bodies.\n5.2 Equipment in Bush Fire Brigade area\nThe Bush Fire Brigade is to report to the local government the quantity and quality of all protective\nclothing, equipment and appliances of the brigade when directed.\n5.3 Funding from local government budget\nA request to the local government from a Bush Fire Brigade for funding of protective clothing,\nequipment, training or appliance needs shall be submitted to the local government by a date advised\nby the CEO or delegate of the CEO, for consideration in the next following local government budget.\n5.4 Consideration in the local government budget\nThe local government—\n(a) may approve or decline an application for funding depending upon its assessment of budget\npriorities for the year in question; and\n(b) shall advise Bush Fire Brigades of the final outcome of their individual requests for funding\nwithin a reasonable time frame.\nPART 6—APPLICATION OF RULES TO A BUSH FIRE BRIGADE\n6.1 Rules to govern\n(1) The Rules govern the operation of a Bush Fire Brigade.\n(2) A Bush Fire Brigade and each Bush Fire Brigade member is to comply with the Rules.\n(3) The Rules governing the operation of Bush Fire Brigades are detailed at Schedule 1.\n————\nSCHEDULE 1\nRULES GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Interpretation\n(1) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used in these Rules and is defined in the\nlocal law, the Act or the Regulations, then the term is to be taken to have the meaning assigned to\nit in this local law, the Act or the Regulations, as the case may be.\n(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—\nsimple majority means a majority of more than 50% of members of—\n(a) brigade members of a Bush Fire Brigade, present in person if the majority is required at\na meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade; or\n(b) brigade officers of the Bush Fire Brigade, present in person, if the majority is required\nat a meeting of the committee.\n\n2870 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\nPART 2—BUSH FIRE BRIGADE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\n2.1 Management of a Bush Fire Brigade\n(1) The administration and management of the affairs of a Bush Fire Brigade are vested in the\nExecutive Committee, subject to the provisions of these Rules.\n(2) The Executive Committee's functions include, but are not limited to—\n(a) recommending amendments to these rules to the local government;\n(b) approving the brigade's annual budget and presenting it at the brigade's annual general\nmeeting;\n(c) proposing a motion for consideration at any Bush Fire Brigade meeting;\n(d) recommending to the local government equipment which needs to be supplied by the local\ngovernment to the Bush Fire Brigade;\n(e) investing or placing on deposit any Bush Fire Brigade funds not immediately required to\nperform normal brigade activities;\n(f) delegating to a person, any Executive Committee functions (being less than the total functions\nof the Executive Committee) as considered reasonable, on any conditions it thinks fit;\n(g) doing all things necessary or convenient in order to perform any of its functions and to secure\nthe performance of the normal brigade activities by the Bush Fire Brigade; and\n(h) dealing with membership applications, grievances, disputes and disciplinary matters.\n2.2 Membership of Executive Committee\n(1) The brigade Executive Committee is to consist of the Captain, Lieutenants, Fire Control Officer,\nSecretary, Treasurer, and any other brigade members as may be determined by the Executive\nCommittee from time to time.\n(2) The Executive Committee members are to—\n(a) be elected at the brigade's annual general meeting;\n(b) hold office until the next annual general meeting; and\n(c) be eligible for re-election at the next annual general meeting.\n2.3 Termination of Executive Committee Membership\n(1) Any Executive Committee member may be removed from office by a majority decision of the brigade\nmembers present in person at a special meeting called for such a purpose.\n(2) If a position becomes vacant prior to the commencement of the annual general meeting, then the\nBush Fire Brigade is to elect a person to fill the vacancy at a Bush Fire Brigade meeting.\n(3) The local government is to be advised within 7 days of the removal of an Executive Committee\nmember from office under subclause (1), or the election of a person to fill a vacancy under subclause\n(2).\n2.4 Meetings of Executive Committee\n(1) The Executive Committee is to meet for the dispatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate\nits meeting as it thinks fit.\n(2) The Captain or the Secretary, may convene a meeting of the Executive Committee at any time\ngiving members a minimum of 3 days' notice.\n2.5 Quorum\n(1) The quorum for an Executive Committee meeting is 50% of members of the Executive Committee\npresent, either in person or via direct communication.\n(2) No business is to be transacted at an Executive Committee meeting, without a quorum of Executive\nCommittee members.\n(3) Subject to these Rules, a decision made by the Executive Committee may be made by a resolution\npassed by a simple majority of Executive Committee members who are present in person, via\nelectronic communication.\n2.6 Voting\n(1) Each Executive Committee member is to have one vote.\n(2) In the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding may exercise an additional casting vote.\nPART 3—FUNCTIONS OF BRIGADE OFFICERS\n3.1 Chain of command during fire fighting activities\nSubject to the Act and the local law, the command procedures to apply during fire fighting activities\nare as detailed in the Bush Fires Act 1954 and Shire of Pingelly Bush Fire Risk Management Plan.\n3.2 Captain\nThe Captain assumes the role of the most senior operational member of the brigade and is to—\n(a) subject to subclause (b) below, preside at all meetings;\n(b) in the absence of the President, the meeting may elect another person to preside at the meeting;\n(c) promote the objectives of the Brigade;\n(d) demonstrate positive leadership and mentor members;\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2871\n(e) attend meetings as requested by the local government;\n(f) in the absence of a Bush Fire Control Officer take overall charge of fire suppression activities,\nand/or ensure the principles of the Incident Management System are being adhered to during\nwildfire suppression or during hazard reduction programs;\n(g) provide leadership for the Brigade and related administration;\n(h) ultimately undertake responsibility for the proper management and maintenance of Brigade\nproperty and equipment;\n(i) deputise for the Bush Fire Control Officer at Bushfire Advisory Committee meetings when\nrequired;\n(j) advise the Brigade on administrative matters;\n(k) ensure Brigade members are adequately trained to carry out their functions in accordance with\nthe Brigade standards;\n(l) in the absence of a Bush Fire Control Officer conduct brigade briefings and post incident\nanalysis of any incident involving fire fighting;\n(m) conduct Brigade briefings and post incident analysis of any management issues;\n(n) to ensure that the incident reports are submitted to the local government within 14 days of the\noccurrence; and\n(o) ensure the behaviour of members is in accordance with the local government's code of conduct.\n3.3 Lieutenants\n(1) The Brigade may increase or decrease the number of Lieutenants to meet their specific operational\nrequirements, up to a maximum of four.\n(2) All Lieutenants shall be ranked numerically according to seniority.\n(3) The first Lieutenant assumes the role of the second most senior operational member of the Brigade,\nand so on.\n(4) The duties of the Lieutenant are to—\n(a) provide support to the Captain;\n(b) command and manage members during emergencies and other Brigade related activities;\n(c) demonstrate positive leadership and mentor members;\n(d) maintain open lines of communication and encourage positive interaction and teamwork\nbetween members;\n(e) ensure Bush Fire Operating Procedures are adhered to during Brigade activities\n(f) ensure members engaged in fire fighting activities hold competencies relevant to the task;\n(g) work cohesively with the Brigade Training Officer and conduct training activities for members;\nand\n(h) ensure the behaviour of members is in accordance with the Local Government's code of conduct.\n3.4 Fire Control Officer (FCO)\n(1) FCOs are nominated by the Brigade to the Bush Fire Advisory Committee and forwarded to the\nlocal government for consideration and ratification.\n(2) Duties and responsibilities of the FCO include—\n(a) authorise permits for hazard reduction burns within the local government in accordance with\nthe Act;\n(b) identify and conduct risk assessments of fire hazards within the local government;\n(c) perform duties prescribed by the Act and authorised by the local government;\n(d) may take overall control of fire suppression activities or operational incidents where the local\ngovernment is the Controlling Agency;\n(e) maintain a personal incident diary to include a record of events and decisions during an\nincident; and\n(f) conduct brigade briefings and post incident analysis of any incident involving fire fighting or\nmanagement issues.\n3.5 Secretary\nThe Secretary is to—\n(a) keep a correct minute and account of the proceedings of all meetings of the Brigade and the\nExecutive Committee which shall be open for inspection by brigade members at any reasonable\ntime;\n(b) answer all correspondence or direct it appropriately, and keep a record of the same;\n(c) prepare and send out all necessary notices of meetings; and\n(d) maintain a register of all current brigade members which includes each brigade member's\ncontact details and type of membership.\n(e) Provide the local government a copy of the AGM minutes within 14 days of the meeting being\nheld.\n\n2872 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\n3.6 Treasurer\nThe Treasurer is to—\n(a) receive donations and monies on behalf of the Brigade and deposit all monies to the credit of\nthe Brigade's bank account;\n(b) pay accounts as authorised by the Executive Committee;\n(c) keep a record of all monies received and payments made, maintain the accounts and prepare\nthe balance sheet for each financial year;\n(d) be the custodian of all monies of the Brigade; and\n(e) report on the financial position at meetings of the Brigade or Executive Committee;\n(f) prepare requests for funding for submission to the local government;\n(g) prepare for submission to local government an annual statement of acquittal providing detail\nof expenditure of funding monies received; and\n(h) make available the financial statements of the Brigade for review by the local government on\nrequest.\n3.7 Equipment Officer\n(1) The Equipment Officer is—\n(a) responsible for the inspection and maintenance of all equipment and appliances as directed by\nthe Brigade Captain;\n(b) to report to the local government any damage incurred to brigade equipment as soon as\npracticable; and\n(c) to report to the local government any maintenance required to brigade equipment as soon as\npracticable.\n(2) In consultation with the CBFCO an Equipment Officer may temporarily locate equipment at an\nalternative location from time to time for operational purposes.\n(3) In the absence of this position the Captain will assume these responsibilities.\n3.8 Training Officer\n(1) The Training Officer is responsible for the coordination of brigade training under the direction of\nthe Captain and the local government.\n(2) In the absence of this position the Captain will assume these responsibilities.\nPART 4—MEMBERSHIP OF A BUSH FIRE BRIGADE\n4.1 Conditions of membership\n(1) Members of a Bush Fire Brigade shall comply with the Bush Fire Brigade operating procedures in\ncarrying out normal brigade activities.\n(2) In relation to any type of membership, as described in Part 4 of the local law, the local government\nmay establish policies regarding—\n(a) the qualifications required;\n(b) fitness for duty;\n(c) a requirement to serve a probationary period; and\n(d) the Executive Committee's assessment of an application for membership.\n4.2 Applications for membership\nApplications for membership of a Bush Fire Brigade shall—\n(a) be submitted to the Captain or Secretary of the relevant Bush Fire Brigade, who shall forward\na copy of the application to the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer within 1 week of the application\nbeing submitted; and\n(b) shall be determined by the Brigade's Executive Committee, who shall consider any advice\nreceived from the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer in relation to the application.\n4.3 Decision on application for membership\n(1) Subject to the local law and these rules, the Executive Committee may—approve an application for\nmembership unconditionally or subject to any conditions; or decline an application for membership.\n(2) If the Executive Committee declines an application for membership, it is to give written notice to\nthe applicant as soon as practicable after the decision is made and advise the applicant that he or\nshe has the right to object to the local government.\n(3) The local government is to be advised of approved applications within 14 days of approval of\nmembership.\n4.4 Notification of membership\n(1) All approved applications for membership forms are to be submitted to the local government within\n1 week of the application being made in accordance with clause 4.2 of the Rules.\n(2) As soon as practicable after the Bush Fire Brigade annual general meeting, the local government\nwill supply all Bush Fire Brigades with a list of current membership.\n(3) Within 1 month of being provided a list under subclause (2), the Bush Fire Brigade must review\nthe list and report any anomalies to the local government.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2873\n(4) The local government will supply the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer a list of current membership\nof any or all brigades upon request.\n4.5 DFES to be notified of registrations\nThe local government is to supply details of any approved membership applications to DFES within14\ndays of a person being admitted to membership in the form required by the DFES from time to time.\nPART 5—SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP\nOF A BUSH FIRE BRIGADE\n5.1 Suspension of membership\n(1) Membership of the Bush Fire Brigade may be suspended at any time if, in the opinion of the\nExecutive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or the Chief Executive Officer,\ncircumstances warrant suspending the member.\n(2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1), a member of a Bush Fire Brigade may be\nsuspended in the event the member—\n(a) contravenes the Act, the Regulations, the brigade operating procedures, this local law or the\nlocal government's Bush Fire Brigade policies;\n(b) has performed an unsafe act that jeopardizes the safety of the member or others;\n(c) has been charged with a criminal offence relevant to the member's role within the brigade and\nis awaiting court proceedings;\n(d) is unfit (physically, emotionally and/or mentally), or unable to perform the inherent\nrequirements that could reasonably be expected of the role; or\n(e) has acted in a manner contrary to the local government's code of conduct policy.\n(3) The suspended member may be excluded immediately from all or any specified Bush Fire Brigade\nactivities.\n(4) The period of suspension shall be determined by the Executive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire\nControl Officer or the Chief Executive Officer, and a review of the suspension shall take place\nwithin three months of the date of suspension.\n(5) Upon the expiry of the period of suspension the Executive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire Control\nOfficer or the Chief Executive Officer may—\n(a) extend the period of suspension;\n(b) terminate the membership; or\n(c) reinstate the membership.\n5.2 Termination of membership\n(1) Membership of the brigade terminates if the member—\n(a) dies;\n(b) gives written notice of resignation to the Executive Committee;\n(c) is dismissed by the Executive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or the Chief\nExecutive Officer, by reason of—\n(i) failing to comply with the objectives of the Bush Fire Brigade under clause 3.1 of the local\nlaw;\n(ii) failing to comply with the Act, the Regulations, the bush fire operating procedures, the\nlocal law or relevant local government policies;\n(iii) displaying conduct detrimental to the interests and reputation of the Bush Fire Brigade;\n(iv) being convicted of a criminal offence that in the opinion of the Chief Bush Fire Control\nOfficer would ordinarily exclude the member from joining a brigade; or\n(v) has acted in a manner contrary to the local government's code of conduct policies.\n(2) A brigade member who has had their membership to a brigade terminated for any of the reasons\ncontained in 5.2(1)(c) is ineligible to join another Bush Fire Brigade within the local government\ndistrict for 12 months or longer as determined by the Executive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire\nControl Officer or the Chief Executive Officer.\n(3) A brigade member who, in the opinion of the Executive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire Control\nOfficer or the Chief Executive Officer, has not adequately fulfilled his or her role within the Bush\nFire Brigade, and has not responded to any written correspondence requesting that he or she state\ntheir intentions, within 21 days, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Bush Fire Brigade.\n(4) Where the local government reasonably considers that a member of a Bush Fire Brigade has\nbehaved in a manner that may lead to termination, the local government may give notice to the\nExecutive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or the Chief Executive Officer\nrequesting the Executive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or the Chief Executive\nOfficer to investigate the matter.\n(5) Where a membership is terminated, all property owned by the Bush Fire Brigade or the local\ngovernment that is held by or in the possession of the person whose membership has been\nterminated, shall be returned on demand to the Bush Fire Brigade or the local government.\n\n2874 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\n5.3 Member has right of defence\nA Bush Fire Brigade member dismissed under clause 5.2(1)(c) or has his or her membership terminated\nunder clause 5.1(5)(b), will be afforded the principle of natural justice through the right of reply to the\nExecutive Committee or the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or the Chief Executive Officer.\n5.4 Existing liabilities to continue\nThe resignation, or dismissal of a member under clause 5.2 or the suspension or termination of a\nmember under clause 5.1 does not affect any liability of the Bush Fire Brigade member arising prior to\nthe date of resignation, dismissal, suspension or termination as the case may be.\n5.5 Objection rights\n(1) A person whose—\n(a) application for membership is refused under clause 4.3(1);\n(b) membership is terminated under clauses 5.2(1)(c)(v) or clause 5.1(5)(b); or\n(c) membership is suspended under clause 5.1(1) or clause 5.1(2), has a right of objection to the\nlocal government.\n(2) Where a person lodges an objection to the local government under subclause (1), the local\ngovernment may deal with the objection by—\n(a) dismissing the objection;\n(b) varying the decision objected to; or\n(c) revoking the decision objected to, with or without—\n(i) substituting for it another decision; or\n(ii) referring the matter, with or without directions, for another decision by the Executive\nCommittee or the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or the Chief Executive Officer.\n(3) No further right of review is available under this local law in respect of a decision made by a local\ngovernment pursuant to subclause (2).\nPART 6—MEETINGS OF THE BUSH FIRE BRIGADE\n6.1 Annual General Meeting\n(1) A Bush Fire Brigade is to hold its annual general meeting prior to the commencement of May each\nyear.\n(2) The Secretary is to give at least 14 days' notice in writing of the annual general meeting to all\nbrigade members.\n(3) At the annual general meeting the Bush Fire Brigade is to—\n(a) elect the brigade officers from among the brigade members;\n(b) brigade's nominee for Fire Control Officer;\n(c) consider the Captain's report on the year's activities;\n(d) adopt the annual financial statements;\n(e) deal with any general business arising from the previous annual general meeting; and\n(f) deal with any business approved by the Captain.\n6.2 Notification of Elected Office Bearers\n(1) The Secretary is to forward a list of elected office bearers and contact details from the brigade's\nannual general meeting to the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer and the local government within 1\nmonth of the annual general meeting.\n(2) Where an office bearer is elected at a meeting other than an annual general meeting, the Secretary\nshall forward a revised list of the elected office bearers and contact details to the Chief Bush Fire\nControl Officer and the local government within 1 month of the meeting at which the office bearer\nis elected.\n(3) If the local government lodges an objection to the election of an office bearer with the Bush Fire\nBrigade within 1 month of receiving the list of elected office bearers required under clause 6.2(1) or\n(2) of these Rules, the Bush Fire Brigade must elect an alternative office bearer to that position.\n6.3 Ordinary/General meetings\nOrdinary meetings may be called at any time by the Secretary by giving at least 7 days' notice to all\nbrigade members.\n6.4 Special General meetings\n(1) The Secretary is to call a special general meeting when 5 or more brigade members request one in\nwriting.\n(2) The Secretary is to give at least 14 days' notice of a special general meeting to all brigade members.\n(3) In a notice given under subclause (2) the Secretary is to specify the business which is to be\nconducted at the meeting.\n(4) No business is to be conducted at a special general meeting beyond that specified in the notice given\nunder subclause (3) in relation to that meeting.\n6.5 Notice of a meeting\n(1) Notices of meetings of the Bush Fire Brigade are to be in writing.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2875\n(2) The notice of a meeting shall—\n(a) set out the date, time and place of the meeting;\n(b) set out particulars of motions of which notice has been given; and\n(c) in the case of special meetings, set out particulars of the business to be transacted.\n(d) Notices of Executive Committee meetings may be given in writing in accordance with subclause\n(1) or by such other means as the Executive Committee may decide at an Executive Committee\nmeeting.\n(3) Any accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or non-receipt by a person entitled to receive\nsuch notice, is not to invalidate the meeting, the subject of notice or any resolutions passed at the\nmeeting.\n6.6 Quorum\n(1) Except for Executive Committee Meetings, the quorum for a meeting of the brigade is at least 50%\nof Executive Committee members and a total of not less than 7 members.\n(2) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (1) the CBFCO may vary these requirements to with\nthe approval of the local government.\n(3) No business is to be transacted at a meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade unless a quorum of brigade\nmembers is present in person.\n6.7 Voting\n(1) Each eligible brigade member is to have 1 vote.\n(2) Voting to be in the form of—\n(a) In person\n(b) Pre arrange public electronic meeting format (i.e. ZOOM)\n(c) Public telephone conversation (i.e. speaker phone)\n(d) Voting via proxy is not permitted\n(3) In the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding may exercise a casting vote.\n(4) Subject to these Rules, where a decision is to be made by the Bush Fire Brigade, then the decision\nmay be made by a resolution passed by a majority of the brigade's members.\nPART 7—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION MATTERS\n7.1 Funds\nThe funds of a Bush Fire Brigade are to be used solely for the purpose of fulfilling the objectives of the\nBush Fire Brigade.\n7.2 Financial year\nThe financial year of a Bush Fire Brigade is to commence on 1 July and end on 30 June of the following\nyear.\n7.3 Banking\n(1) The funds of a Bush Fire Brigade are to be placed in the Bush Fire Brigade's bank account and are\nto be drawn on only by—\n(a) cheques signed jointly by any 2, of the Captain, 1st Lieutenant, Secretary or Treasurer; or\n(b) authorised use of electronic banking by the Secretary or Treasurer in accordance with\nsubclause (2).\n(2) For the purposes of subclause (1)(b), any 2 of the Captain, 1st Lieutenant, Secretary or Treasurer\nmay authorise in writing the use of electronic banking to draw on the brigade's funds.\n7.4 Auditing\n(1) The Bush Fire Brigade shall supply on request to the local government the brigade's full financial\nrecords for the financial year.\n(2) The local government may request the brigade's financial and accounting records for a review at\nany time.\n7.5 Disclosure of interests\n(1) A brigade member shall disclose to the Bush Fire Brigade or the Executive Committee any financial\nor personal interest (whether direct, indirect or perceived) he or she may have in any matter being\nconsidered by the Bush Fire Brigade or the Executive Committee, as appropriate.\n(2) If an interest has been disclosed under subclause (1), then the Bush Fire Brigade or Executive\nCommittee, as appropriate, is to decide, in the absence of the brigade member who disclosed that\ninterest, whether or not the brigade member is to be permitted to vote on that matter.\n(3) Where the Bush Fire Brigade or Executive Committee, as appropriate, decides under subclause (2),\nthat a brigade member is not permitted to vote on the matter, then her or his vote is to be taken to\nhave no effect and is not to be counted.\n7.6 Dispute Resolution\n(1) Any dispute between brigade members may be referred to the Captain or to the Executive\nCommittee for resolution.\n\n2876 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\n(2) Where a dispute referred under subclause (1) is considered by the Captain or the Executive\nCommittee to concern the general interests of the Bush Fire Brigade, then the Captain or the\nExecutive Committee, is to refer the dispute to the annual general meeting, an ordinary meeting\nor a special general meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade.\n(3) The local government is the final authority on matters affecting the Bush Fire Brigade and may\nresolve any dispute which is not resolved under subclause (1) or (2).\nPART 8—NOTICES\n8.1 Notices\nWhere any notice other than a notice of meeting is to be given under these Rules, the notice may be\ngiven by—\n(a) personal delivery;\n(b) post;\n(c) Email;\n(d) short message service (SMS) or the like; or\n(e) facsimile transmission, or\n(f) any other method approved by the local government.\n————\nSCHEDULE 2—MEMBERSHIP FORM\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2877\n———————————\n\n2878 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\nLG402\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nShire of Irwin\nBASIS OF RATES\nI, Tim Fraser, being delegated by the Minister of the Crown to whom the administration of the Local\nGovernment Act 1995 is committed by the Governor, and acting pursuant to section 6.28 (1) of that Act,\nhereby, and with effect from 14 August 2023, determined that the method of valuation to be used by\nthe Shire of Irwin as the basis for a rate in respect of the land referred to in the Schedule is to be the\ngross rental value of the land;\nSchedule\nDesignated Land\nUV to GRV All that portion of land being Lots 244 to 251 inclusive as shown on Deposited\nPlan 425302.\nTIM FRASER, Executive Director Local Government,\nDepartment of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.\n———————————\nLG403\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCity of Kwinana\nBASIS OF RATES\nI, Tim Fraser, being delegated by the Minister of the Crown to whom the administration of the Local\nGovernment Act 1995 is committed by the Governor, and acting pursuant to section 6.28 (1) of that Act,\nhereby, and with effect from 8 August 2023, determined that the method of valuation to be used by the\nCity of Kwinana as the basis for a rate in respect of the land referred to in the Schedule is to be the\ngross rental value of the land;\nSchedule\nDesignated Land\nUV to GRV All that portion of land being Lots 1802 to 1810 inclusive, Lots 1818 to 1855\ninclusive, Lots 1865 to 1878 inclusive, Lot 2500 and Lot 2501 as shown on\nDeposited Plan 424562.\nTIM FRASER, Executive Director Local Government,\nDepartment of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.\n———————————\nLG501\nBUSH FIRES ACT 1954\nCity of Karratha\nIMPORTANT FIRE MITIGATION NOTICE\nAll Owners and/or Occupiers of Land Situated in the City of Karratha\nThis is a requirement under the Bush Fires Act 1954 Section 33. Failure to comply with this Notice may\nincur penalties of up to $5,000 and the works required by this Notice will be carried out at the expense\nof the owner/occupier.\nPursuant to the powers contained in Section 33 of the Bush Fires Act 1954, you are hereby required on\nor before the 1st day of November, (or within fourteen days of your becoming owner or occupier of land\nshould this be after the 1st day of November), or within fourteen days of you receiving this notice, to\nclear and maintain mineral earth breaks and reduce the fuel load from the land owned or occupied by\nyou as specified hereunder and to have the specified land and firebreaks clear of all flammable material\nall year round.\nLAND IN TOWNSITES- INCLUDING MINING AND OR CONSTRUCTION\nACCOMMODATION FACILITIES\n1.1 Where the area of land is 2000 square metres (approximately 1/2 an acre) or less, all flammable\nmaterial must be reduced over the whole of the land. Grasses shall be slashed to a height 75mm.\n1.2 Where the area of land exceeds 2000 square metres, mineral earth breaks of at least five (5) metres\nin width must be cleared of all flammable material immediately inside and along the boundaries of the\nland. Where there are buildings on the land additional mineral earth breaks five (5) metres in width\nmust be cleared immediately surrounding each building.\n1.3 Ensure a minimum vertical clearance of 4 metres is maintained along the firebreaks to enable\nvehicles to drive along the firebreaks without access being obstructed.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2879\nLAND OUTSIDE TOWNSITES INCLUDING MINING AND OR CONSTRUCTION\nACCOMMODATION FACILITIES\n2.1 For all buildings on land outside of the townsite, two mineral earth breaks with a width not less\nthan five (5) metres and cleared of all flammable material must surround the buildings. The inner\nmineral earth break must be no less than twenty (20) metres from the perimeter of the building or\ngroup of buildings and the outer mineral earth break no less than one hundred (100) metres from the\ninner mineral earth break.\nPOWERLINES AND POWER TRANSMISSION LINES IN TOWNSITES INCLUDING\nMINING AND OR CONSTRUCTION ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES\n3.1 Aerial hazards to power and power transmission lines must be maintained as per the guidelines\nissued by the Energy Safety—Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.\nFor power lines conducting less than or equal to 33,000 volts; ground fuels such as grasses and ground\nstorey species must be cleared to a minimum of five (5) metres either side of a centre line created by\nthe poles, or towers. The total cleared area must not be less than ten (10) metres wide and the entire\narea must be maintained to the standard of a mineral earth break.\n3.2 For power transmission lines greater than 33,000 volts, a mineral earth break of not less than five\n(5) metres in width must be maintained either side of the widest point of any arms or cross arms on the\npole or tower. A mineral earth break of no less than five (5) metres width is to be maintained directly\nunder the power line corridor. All power and transmission lines are to be maintained as per Australian\nStandard AS7000, to assist in minimizing the risk from sparks or arcing and shall be the responsibility\nof the owner of the transmission line.\nWATER SUPPLY PIPELINES AND INFRASTRUCTURE\n4.1 All water supply pipelines and associated infrastructure must have mineral earth breaks not less\nthan five (5) metres wide on both sides of the pipeline and all associated infrastructure and be cleared\nof all flammable material to prevent the spread of fire and damage to the pipelines or associated\ninfrastructure. Access points must be installed and maintained to allow for Emergency Services access\nand maintenance use.\nEXPLOSIVES MAGAZINES AND STORAGE AREAS\n5.1 All Flammable Materials are to be removed to bare earth between any bunkers or storage facilities\nand all Flammable Materials are to be removed for a distance of not less than fifteen (15) metres from\nthe perimeter of any such storage area.\nFUEL DEPOT / FUEL STORAGE AREA / HAYSTACKS / STOCKPILED FLAMMABLE\nMATERIAL\n6.1 For all fuel depots/fuel storage areas, all flammable matter within 10 metres of where fuel drums,\nfuel ramps or fuel dumps are located, and where fuel drums, whether containing fuel or not are stored,\na mineral earth break of not less than five (5) metres in width must be installed immediately adjacent.\n6.2 For all haystacks/stockpiled flammable materials, a mineral earth break of not less than five (5)\nmetres in width must be installed immediately adjacent to any haystacks or stockpiled flammable\nmaterial.\nRAILWAY RESERVES IN TOWNSITES\n7.1 Mineral earth breaks of at least five (5) metres in width must be installed immediately inside all\nboundaries continuous with any railway reserve on which railway traffic operates and are the\nresponsibility of the owner of the railway.\nAPPLICATION TO VARY FIREBREAK REQUIREMENTS\n8.1 If you consider it to be impractical to clear a mineral earth break or remove flammable material as\nrequired by this Notice, you may apply to Council or its Authorised Officer no later than the 30th day\nof August, for permission to provide firebreaks in alternative positions or take alternative action to\nremove or abate fire hazards. If permission is not granted by Council or it’s Authorised Officer, you\nmust comply with the requirement of this Notice. An application must include a detailed map (google\nmap or similar) of the area you intend to vary, outlining the variation you require, along with the reason\nfor variation.\nBURNING GARDEN REFUSE DURING LIMITED BURNING TIMES\n9.1 A person must not burn garden refuse at a place (other than a rubbish tip) during the limited\nburning times for that place unless it is burned—\n(a) in an incinerator in accordance with subsection (9.2); or\n(b) on the ground in accordance with subsection (9.3).\n9.2 Garden refuse burned in an incinerator is burned in accordance with this subsection where—\n(a) the incinerator is designed and constructed so as to prevent the escape of sparks or burning\nmaterial; and\n(b) either—\n(i) the incinerator is situated not less than two (2) metres from any building or fence; or\n(ii) if the incinerator is less than two (2) metres from a building or fence, the Council or its\nAuthorised Officer has given written permission in writing for the incinerator to be used;\nand there is no FLAMMABLE MATERIAL within two (2) metres of the incinerator while\nit is in use; and\n\n2880 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\n(c) there is no FLAMMABLE MATERIAL within two (2) metres of the incinerator while it is in\nuse; and,\n(d) at least one person is present at the site of the fire at all times until it is completely\nextinguished; and\n(e) the fire is no longer required, the person ensures that the fire is completely extinguished by the\napplication of water or earth.\n9.3 The Council or it’s Authorised Officer must not give permission under subsection 9.2 (b) (ii) unless\nit is satisfied that the use of the incinerator is not likely to create a fire hazard.\nADDITIONAL WORKS\n10.1 In addition to the requirements of this Notice, you may be required to carry out further works\nwhich are considered necessary by an Authorised Officer and specified by way of a separate written\nnotice forwarded to the address of the owner/s as shown on the City rates record for the relevant land.\n10.2 If the requirements of this Notice are carried out by burning, such burning must be in accordance\nwith the relevant provisions of the Act.\n10.3 Pursuant to Section 33(4) of the Act, where the owner and/or occupier of land fails or neglects to\ncomply with the requisitions of this Notice within the times specified, the City may by its officers and\nwith such servants, workmen and contractors, vehicles and machinery as the officers deem fit, enter\nupon the land and carry out the requisitions of this Notice which have not been complied with and\npursuant to Section 33(5) of the Act, the amount of any costs and expenses incurred may be recovered\nfrom the owner and or occupier of the land.\n10.4 Failing to comply with this notice may incur a modified penalty or prosecution. A person in default\nis also liable, whether prosecuted or not, to pay the cost of performing the work directed in this notice,\nif it is not carried out by the owner or occupier by the date required by this notice.\nSigned for and on behalf of City of Karratha by An Authorised Officer—\nVIRGINIA MILTRUP, Chief Executive Officer.\nMARINE/MARITIME\nMA401\nNAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958\nWATER SKI AREA\nBelmont\nSwan River\nPursuant to regulation 48A(1) of the Navigable Waters Regulations 1958, I cancel Notice MA410\npublished in the Government Gazette on 27 November 2012 and set aside the following area of water\nfor water skiing—\nBELMONT: All the waters of the Swan River downstream of a line through 31°57.207′S,\n115°53.966′E (starboard navigation marker) and 31°57.129′S, 115°54.025′E (port navigation\nmarker) located approximately 100 metres upstream of the Balbuk Way public boat ramp and\nextending downstream to a line through 31°56.748′S, 115°53.742′E (starboard navigation marker)\nand 31°56.762′S, 115°53.829′E (port navigation marker) located approximately 1000 metres\ndownstream of the boat ramp. All coordinates based on GDA 2020.\nAll Water Skiing activities within this area are to be carried out in an anti-clockwise direction\nproviding however that no vessel or water skier shall approach within 30 metres of the river bank\nand that no water ski take-off or landing shall be permitted on any foreshore within this area except\nat those designated areas as described below.\nTake off only: At a point on the foreshore upstream of the Balbuk Way public boat ramp at\napproximately 31°57.226′S, 115°53.939′E and extending downstream to approximately\n31°57.218′S, 115°53.920′E\nTake off and landing: At a point on the foreshore downstream of the Balbuk Way public boat ramp\nat approximately 31°57.197′S, 115°53.867′E and extending downstream to approximately\n31°57.155′S, 115°53.810′E\nTake off only: At a point on the foreshore downstream of the Balbuk Way public boat ramp at\napproximately 31°57.131′S, 115°53.791′E and extending downstream to approximately\n31°57.093′S, 115°53.767′E\nTake off and landing: At a point on the foreshore downstream of the Balbuk Way public boat ramp\nat approximately 31°57.015′S, 115°53.723′E and extending downstream to approximately\n31°57.002′S, 115°53.713′E\nRestriction: This Water Ski Area is open for the towing of a person on water skis, wakeboards,\nsurfboards, and kneeboards only, between the hours of 08:00am to Sunset. The towing of ski tubes\nand all other inflatable objects is prohibited.\nMARK BRIANT, Acting Director Waterways Safety Management and\ndelegate of the Chief Executive Officer, Department of Transport.\n\n22 August 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2881\nPARLIAMENT\nPA401\nPARLIAMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nRoyal Assent to Bill\nIt is hereby notified for public information that the Governor has Assented in the name and on behalf\nof His Majesty the King, on the date shown, to the undermentioned Act passed by the Legislative\nCouncil and the Legislative Assembly during the First Session of the Forty First Parliament.\nTitle of Act Date of Assent Act No.\nNickel (Agnew) Agreement Amendment Act 2023 17 August 2023 17 of 2023\nDated 17 August 2023.\nSAM HASTINGS, Clerk of the Parliaments.\nPUBLIC NOTICES\nZZ401\nTRUSTEES ACT 1962\nDECEASED ESTATES\nNotice to Creditors and Claimants\nEstate of Anne Margaret Hurley, who died on 15 August 2022.\nIf you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim no later than 6 September 2023 with\nGroven Legal, 1/78 Blair Street, Bunbury, WA 6230. Email: admin@grovenlegal.com.au.\nIf you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to\nany claim you may have.\n———————————\nZZ402\nTRUSTEES ACT 1962\nDECEASED ESTATES\nNotice to Creditors and Claimants\nEstate of the late Robert George Kenyon late of Unit 65, 46 Regency Avenue, Madeley, Western\nAustralia, deceased.\nCreditors and other persons having claims (to which Section 63 of the Trustees Act 1962 relates), in\nrespect of the estate of the Deceased, who died on 27 May 2022 are requested by the Executor, Murray\nNoel Thornhill care of HHG Legal Group, GPO Box 2716, Cloisters Square PO WA 6850, to send\nparticulars of their claims to the address stated herein within 30 days of this notice, after which date\nthe personal representatives may convey or distribute the assets having regard only to the claims of\nwhich they then have notice.\n———————————\nZZ403\nTRUSTEES ACT 1962\nDECEASED ESTATES\nNotice to Creditors and Claimants\nDennis William Abbott, late of 12 Castleton Way, Canning Vale, Shearer, deceased.\nCreditors and other persons having claims (to which Section 63 of the Trustees Act 1962 relates) in\nrespect of the estate of the deceased, who died on 28 May 2022 are required by the administrator,\nCynthia Abbott of c/- Hall and Wilcox, Level 19, 108 St Georges Terrace, Perth 6000 to send particulars\nof their claims to her by the no later than one month from the date of this advertisement, after which\ndate the administrator may convey or distribute the assets, having regard only to the claims of which\nshe then has notice.\n\n2882 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 August 2023\nZZ404\nTRUSTEES ACT 1962\nDECEASED ESTATES\nNotice to Creditors and Claimants\nGraham Bruce Atkinson late of 386 Banrock Drive, Ellenbrook, in the State of Western Australia,\ndeceased.\nCreditors and other persons having claims (to which Section 63 of the Trustees Act 1962 (WA) relates)\nin respect of the Estate of the Deceased, who died on 20/01/2023, are required by the Administrator\nJudith Anne McGrath, to send the particulars of their claims care of Gregson & Associates PO Box\nZ5017, St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6831 on or before 30 days from the date of publication of this\nnotice after which date the trustee may convey or distribute the assets, having regard only to the claims\nof which she then has notice.\n———————————\nZZ405\nTRUSTEES ACT 1962\nDECEASED ESTATES\nNotice to Creditors and Claimants\nJohn Earle Hare late of 2 Waterway Crescent, Ascot in the State of Western Australia, deceased.\nCreditors and other persons having claims (to which Section 63 of the Trustees Act 1962 (WA) relates)\nin respect of the Estate of the Deceased, who died on 15/12/2022, are required by the Administrator\nCraig Alan Gregson, to send the particulars of their claims care of Gregson & Associates PO Box Z5017\nSt Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6831 on or before 30 days from the date of publication of this notice after\nwhich date the trustee may convey or distribute the assets, having regard only to the claims of which\nhe then has notice.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The local law expressly repeals the Shire’s 1995 by-law (cl.1.4) and replaces it with a consolidated governance framework. Compared with the prior instrument (as indicated by the repeal), it formalises membership categories (including cadets), prescribes officer roles and reporting timeframes, codifies meeting and voting procedures, centralises key discretions with the local government and Chief Bush Fire Control Officer, and introduces a specific Rules schedule for brigade operation. These changes broaden procedural detail and clarify who decides, who pays (local government approves funding requests), and the compliance steps members and brigades must follow."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to the Bush Fires Act 1954, Regulations and DFES requirements creating multi-source compliance obligations (see definitions and cl.1.3)","Detailed membership classifications and age-based rules (operational, trainee, cadet, support, life, honorary) with attendant rights and limits (cl.4.1–4.7)","Multiple decision points and delegated discretions for local government, Chief Bush Fire Control Officer and Executive Committee (eg. establishment, appointment, suspension, termination—cl.2.1, 2.2, 5.1–5.2)","Prescriptive procedural requirements and timelines for meetings, notices, reporting and notification to DFES (eg. AGM timing, notice periods, membership lists and incident reports—cl.6.1, 6.2, Schedule 1 cl.4.4, 3.2(n))","Budgeting and funding process for equipment and training that vests approval discretion in the local government and ties requests to municipal budget cycles (cl.5.3–5.4)","Internal governance and dispute-resolution mechanics (Executive Committee composition, quorum, voting, removal processes—Schedule 1 Part 2)","Sanctions, reinstatement and objection routes with limited internal review and final authority resting with the local government (Schedule 1 Part 5 and cl.5.5)","Operational command hierarchies and interaction with statutory Bush Fire Control Officers and incident management (cl.4.9, Schedule 1 cl.3.1–3.4)"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law sets out how the Shire of Pingelly creates, runs and can cancel volunteer bush fire brigades. It defines membership types, officer roles, meeting rules, equipment reporting, funding requests and disciplinary processes, and replaces the Shire’s 1995 fire control by-law. It applies across the Shire and starts 14 days after gazettal. The local government decides brigade establishment, officer appointments, budget allocations and disciplinary outcomes; brigade members face new administrative, reporting and training obligations and must comply with the Rules in Schedule 1."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a new local law that appears to be a straightforward replacement of the 1995 by-law. The scope remains focused on the establishment, organisation, and operation of Bush Fire Brigades within the Shire of Pingelly. While detailed, it does not appear to have expanded beyond the original purpose of governing volunteer fire brigades."},"complexity_factors":["Length: Approximately 17 pages of dense legislative text with two detailed schedules","Cross-referencing: Heavy reliance on the Bush Fires Act 1954 (WA), Regulations, and external documents like the 'Rules Governing the Operation of Bush Fire Brigades' and 'Bush Fire Control Officer position description'","Defined terms: 15+ defined terms in clause 1.3, plus inherited definitions from the parent Act","Nested structures: Complex hierarchy of Parts, Divisions, and clauses (e.g., Part 3, Division 4, clause 3.7 with 8 sub-functions)","Conditional logic: Multiple conditional provisions for membership suspension/termination (clauses 5.1-5.2), quorum requirements varying by meeting type, and cascading authority chains during emergencies","Dual governance layers: Operates alongside both State legislation (Bush Fires Act) and internal brigade rules (Schedule 1), creating overlapping jurisdictions","Procedural density: Extensive meeting procedures, notice periods (7 days, 14 days, 1 month), voting thresholds (simple majority), and objection rights creating administrative burden"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law sets rules for volunteer Bush Fire Brigades in the Shire of Pingelly: how brigades are formed, led and funded, who may be members (including cadets), and how they operate and report. \n\nIt affects volunteer firefighters, the Shire Council and officers, and local property owners. By replacing an older by-law, it modernises governance, training, equipment funding and accountability so brigades are better organised and prepared to fight bushfires."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/shire-of-pingelly-bush-fire-brigades-local-law-2023","history":"/api/acts/shire-of-pingelly-bush-fire-brigades-local-law-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/shire-of-pingelly-bush-fire-brigades-local-law-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/shire-of-pingelly-bush-fire-brigades-local-law-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/shire-of-pingelly-bush-fire-brigades-local-law-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/shire-of-pingelly-bush-fire-brigades-local-law-2023/documents"}}