19Volunteers engaged in fire-fighting or fire prevention operations to be taken to be workers

19 Volunteers engaged in fire-fighting or fire prevention operations to be taken to be workers

(1)  In this section –

fire-fighting operations includes –

(a) any act that is necessary or expedient for or directed towards –

(i) extinguishing a fire; or

(ii) preventing the spread of a fire; or

(iii) saving life or preventing injury to persons by a fire; or

(iv) preventing property from being destroyed or damaged by fire; or

(v) providing sustenance for persons performing any act referred to in subparagraph (i) , (ii) , (iii) or (iv) ; or

(vi) taking action to prevent the outbreak of fire; and

(b) the undergoing of training in relation to all or any acts specified in paragraph (a) ;

fire-fighting person or body means –

(a) the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Fire Service Act 1979 ; or

(b) the State Fire Commission within the meaning of that Act; or

(c) any brigade within the meaning of that Act;

fire prevention operations means any operations carried on, or any work or other acts done, for the purpose of preventing the outbreak of fire or abating the danger of fire, and includes the undergoing of training in relation to any of those operations or acts or that work.

(2)  A person who, as a volunteer, engages in fire-fighting operations or fire prevention operations –

(a) with the consent of; or