sec.149BNo charge for attending to authorised fire except in particular circumstances

sec.149B No charge for attending to authorised fire except in particular circumstances

This section applies if— a service is provided that involves attending to a fire lit under the authority of an Act; and a charge for the service is prescribed by a regulation or fixed by the commissioner. The only persons liable for the charge are— if the person who lit the fire acted recklessly or negligently in lighting, or failing to control, the fire—the person; and if the person mentioned in paragraph (a) is an agent or employee of another person (the principal ) and lit the fire acting within the scope of the agency or employment—the principal. s 149B prev s 149B ins 2014 No. 17 s 100 om 2024 No. 18 s 11 pres s 149B (prev s 128G) ins 2014 No. 17 s 100 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 61 (2) (sec.149B-ssec.1) This section applies if— a service is provided that involves attending to a fire lit under the authority of an Act; and a charge for the service is prescribed by a regulation or fixed by the commissioner. (sec.149B-ssec.2) The only persons liable for the charge are— if the person who lit the fire acted recklessly or negligently in lighting, or failing to control, the fire—the person; and if the person mentioned in paragraph (a) is an agent or employee of another person (the principal ) and lit the fire acting within the scope of the agency or employment—the principal.

• (a) a service is provided that involves attending to a fire lit under the authority of an Act; and
• (b) a charge for the service is prescribed by a regulation or fixed by the commissioner.
• (a) if the person who lit the fire acted recklessly or negligently in lighting, or failing to control, the fire—the person; and
• (b) if the person mentioned in paragraph (a) is an agent or employee of another person (the principal ) and lit the fire acting within the scope of the agency or employment—the principal.