Fire Services Act 1990
sec.148GDivision applies for all alarms
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sec.148G Division applies for all alarms
This division, other than a smoke alarm requirement provision, applies in relation to a smoke alarm installed in a domestic dwelling even though the smoke alarm is not required to be installed under a smoke alarm requirement provision. However, nothing in this division stops the owner of a domestic dwelling— installing a smoke alarm in the dwelling, in addition to the smoke alarms required to be installed in the dwelling under a smoke alarm requirement provision, whether or not the additional smoke alarm complies with a smoke alarm requirement provision; or removing a smoke alarm that is not required to be installed under a smoke alarm requirement provision. s 148G (prev s 104RI) ins 2006 No. 49 s 37 amd 2016 No. 45 s 10 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 56 (2) (sec.148G-ssec.1) This division, other than a smoke alarm requirement provision, applies in relation to a smoke alarm installed in a domestic dwelling even though the smoke alarm is not required to be installed under a smoke alarm requirement provision. (sec.148G-ssec.2) However, nothing in this division stops the owner of a domestic dwelling— installing a smoke alarm in the dwelling, in addition to the smoke alarms required to be installed in the dwelling under a smoke alarm requirement provision, whether or not the additional smoke alarm complies with a smoke alarm requirement provision; or removing a smoke alarm that is not required to be installed under a smoke alarm requirement provision.
- (a) installing a smoke alarm in the dwelling, in addition to the smoke alarms required to be installed in the dwelling under a smoke alarm requirement provision, whether or not the additional smoke alarm complies with a smoke alarm requirement provision; or
- (b) removing a smoke alarm that is not required to be installed under a smoke alarm requirement provision.