46Charge for responding to false alarm

46 Charge for responding to false alarm

46 Charge for responding to false alarm

For the Act, section 42(1), the prescribed charge for responding to an alarm discovered to be a false alarm is $1,656 if—

(a) the false alarm resulted from the activation of the alarm other than during a test of which prior notice was given to a fire brigade officer and that the Commissioner is satisfied was properly carried out, and

(b) it is the second or subsequent occasion of a false alarm by the alarm, in circumstances specified in paragraph (a), during a period of 60 days.

s 46: Am 2025 (668), Sch 1[6] [7].