[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 1981, s. 4 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 34 of 1984, s. 4 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 51 of 1985, s. 4 and Sched. 2, Pt. II ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 1990, s. 4 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 1991, s. 128 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 25 of 1994, s. 45 and Sched. 3 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 4 ]
equipment includes appliances, engines, vehicles, reels, buckets, hoses, ladders, escapes, tanks, tools, radio equipment, and other implements and things used for or in connection with the extinguishing or control of fire or the protection of life or property in the event of a fire occurring;
fire-fighter means a member of a brigade who is not of officer rank;
fire-fighting operation includes any act that is necessary or expedient for the purpose of –
(a) extinguishing a fire; or
(b) preventing the outbreak or spread of a fire; or
(c) protecting people or property from fire; or
(d) preventing or dealing with the spillage of petrol or other flammable liquids; or
(e) preventing or dealing with the escape of flammable gases; or
(f) rendering assistance in a civil emergency; or
(g) providing logistical support to persons who are performing an act of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) or (f) ; or
(h) carrying out fire safety or fire prevention activities; or
member, in relation to a brigade, means a person holding any position in the brigade, whether as group officer, brigade chief, fire officer or fire-fighter and whether as a permanent or volunteer member or in a full-time or part-time capacity;
occupier includes a person having the care, control, or management of any land or premises;
officer or officer of the Fire Service means a group officer, brigade chief or fire officer;
operational district means a district determined under section 27 ;
owner, in relation to any land or premises, means the person for the time being in the actual receipt of, or entitled to receive, or who, if the land or premises were let to a tenant, would be entitled to receive, the rents and profits of the land or premises, whether as beneficial owner, trustee, executor, mortgagee in possession, or otherwise, and includes any person constituted by any Act, or appointed by the Governor under the authority of any Act, to administer or control any business or undertaking on behalf of the State, but does not include a mesne tenant;
permanent brigade means a brigade consisting mainly of permanent members;
potential fire means a situation which could produce an outbreak of fire or which indicates that an outbreak of fire is possible;
powers includes authorities;
premises includes structures;
property means land or personal property, and includes trees, crops, or vegetation growing or standing on any land;
regulations means regulations made under this Act (other than regulations made under section 133 );
ship includes any description of vessel used, or capable of being used, in navigation, however propelled, and whether in the course of construction or completed;
structure includes any building, erection, or other associated work;
vegetation includes trees, bushes, plants, and undergrowth of any kind (whether alive or dead) and any parts of any trees, bushes, plants, or undergrowth (whether severed from the trees, bushes, plants, or undergrowth or not), but does not include trees of such species or sizes as may be prescribed;
(2) In relation to any land owned or occupied by the Crown, owner or occupier means such officer as may be prescribed.
(3) A reference in this Act to a fire not being subject to or being excluded from the ban is, in relation to a day of total fire ban, a reference to a fire specified in the declaration declaring that day to be a day of total fire ban as not being subject to the ban.