41Services outside fire-fighting

### 41 Services outside fire-fighting > > (1)  *\[Section 41 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 37 \]*Subject to the directions, or with the approval, of the Chief Officer, a brigade chief may, if he thinks fit – > > > > > > (a) employ any brigade under his command, or allow that brigade to be employed, in the performance of services other than fire-fighting, and use any equipment of the Commission, or allow any such equipment to be used, in the provision of those services; and > > > > > > > (b) hire out or lend to, or make available for the use of, any person, any equipment of the Commission. > > > (2)  *\[Section 41 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 1990, s. 5 \]*The Commission may fix scales of charges in respect of the hiring out, lending, or making available of any equipment under that subsection. > > > (3)  *\[Section 41 Subsection (3) amended by No. 2 of 1990, s. 5 \]*Where any equipment is hired out, lent, or made available under [subsection (1)](#GS41@Gs1@EN) , a charge determined in accordance with the scale of charges referred to in [subsection (2)](#GS41@Gs2@EN) is payable to the Commission. > > > (4)  Where it appears to the Commission that the collection of a charge that has been imposed under this section would cause undue hardship on the person on whom it is imposed, the Commission may waive the whole or any part of the charge. > > > (5)  [*\[Section 41 Subsection (5) amended by No. 28 of 2011, s. 19, Applied:31 Oct 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-10-31/act-2011-028#GS19@EN) *\[Section 41 Subsection (5) substituted by No. 29 of 1995, s. 37 \]**\[Section 41 Subsection (5) amended by No. 42 of 1996, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*Where a brigade is engaged in the performance of services pursuant to [subsection (1)](#GS41@Gs1@EN) , a member of the brigade who participates in the rendering of those services is taken to be engaged in fire-fighting operations for the purposes of [section 5 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1988-004#GS5@EN) [Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1988-004) and [section 19](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2011-029#GS19@EN) of the [Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2011-029) .