Fire Services Act 1990
sec.226Existing chief fire wardens and fire wardens
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sec.226 Existing chief fire wardens and fire wardens
This section applies to a person who holds office as a chief fire warden or fire warden immediately before the commencement. The person continues to hold office as chief fire warden or fire warden for the term and on the conditions stated in the person’s instrument of appointment. Subsection (2) does not affect the power of the commissioner under this Act to change the person’s term or conditions of appointment. If the commissioner changes the person’s term or conditions of appointment by amending the person’s instrument of appointment, section 131(3) applies to the person as if a reference in section 131(3) to the instrument of appointment were a reference to the amended instrument of appointment. s 226 ins 2024 No. 22 s 81 (sec.226-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who holds office as a chief fire warden or fire warden immediately before the commencement. (sec.226-ssec.2) The person continues to hold office as chief fire warden or fire warden for the term and on the conditions stated in the person’s instrument of appointment. (sec.226-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not affect the power of the commissioner under this Act to change the person’s term or conditions of appointment. (sec.226-ssec.4) If the commissioner changes the person’s term or conditions of appointment by amending the person’s instrument of appointment, section 131(3) applies to the person as if a reference in section 131(3) to the instrument of appointment were a reference to the amended instrument of appointment.