sec.138Officers and office bearers of rural fire brigade

sec.138 Officers and office bearers of rural fire brigade

A rural fire brigade must elect a first officer to be in charge of the brigade. A rural fire brigade may also elect such other officers as it considers necessary. A rural fire brigade may elect any member of the brigade to be the chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the brigade (each an office bearer ). Any election must be conducted in accordance with the commissioner’s directions and has no effect unless approved by the commissioner. A person holds office, or is an office bearer, for the period specified by the commissioner. The commissioner may do either or both of the following in relation to a person— dismiss the person from an office held with, or as an office bearer of, a rural fire brigade; disqualify the person from holding any office with, or being an office bearer of, a rural fire brigade. s 138 prev s 138 amd 1996 No. 42 s 21 sch 2 ; 1999 No. 19 s 3 sch ; 2001 No. 76 s 24 (1) ; 2003 No. 91 s 175 sch 1 sub 2014 No. 17 s 100 om 2024 No. 18 s 11 pres s 138 (prev s 81) amd 1996 No. 42 ss 21 sch 2 , 3 sch 3 ; 2001 No. 76 s 24 (1) , (3) ; 2024 No. 22 s 47 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 51 (2) (sec.138-ssec.1) A rural fire brigade must elect a first officer to be in charge of the brigade. (sec.138-ssec.2) A rural fire brigade may also elect such other officers as it considers necessary. (sec.138-ssec.3) A rural fire brigade may elect any member of the brigade to be the chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the brigade (each an office bearer ). (sec.138-ssec.4) Any election must be conducted in accordance with the commissioner’s directions and has no effect unless approved by the commissioner. (sec.138-ssec.5) A person holds office, or is an office bearer, for the period specified by the commissioner. (sec.138-ssec.6) The commissioner may do either or both of the following in relation to a person— dismiss the person from an office held with, or as an office bearer of, a rural fire brigade; disqualify the person from holding any office with, or being an office bearer of, a rural fire brigade.

• (a) dismiss the person from an office held with, or as an office bearer of, a rural fire brigade;
• (b) disqualify the person from holding any office with, or being an office bearer of, a rural fire brigade.