998GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2020

998 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2020 Division 2—Meetings of Bush Fire Brigades 4.5 Conduct of brigade meetings 4.6 Nomination of bush fire control officers to local government 4.7 Minutes to be tabled before Bush Fire Advisory Committee Division 3—Bush Fire Advisory Committee 4.8 Functions of Advisory Committee 4.9 Advisory Committee to consider bush fire brigade motions PART 5—EQUIPMENT OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES 5.1 Policies and Bush Fire Operating Procedures of local government PART 6—FUNDING OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES 6.1 Funding under the Local Government Grant Scheme or equivalent 6.2 Funding from local government budget 6.3 Management and expenditure of bush fire brigade SCHEDULE 1—RULES GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES

22 April 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 999 Under the powers conferred by the Bush Fires Act 1954 the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it, the Council of the Shire of Plantagenet resolved on 28 January 2020 to make the following local law. This local law may be cited as the Shire of Plantagenet Bush Fire Brigade Local Law 2020. 1.3 Definitions and interpretations (1) In this local law unless the context otherwise requires— Act means the Bush Fires Act 1954; Active Member has the meaning given in clause 4.12 of the Rules; Auxiliary Member has the meaning given in clause 4.3 of the Rules; brigade area is defined in clause 2.2(1)(b); brigade member means a volunteer fire fighter of a bush fire brigade; brigade administration officer means a person holding a position referred to in clause 2.2(1)(c), whether or not he or she was appointed by the local government or elected at an annual general meeting of a bush fire brigade or otherwise appointed to the position; bush fire brigade is defined in section 7 of the Act; bush fire control officer means a person appointed to that office by the local government in accordance with section 38 of the Act; Bush Fire Operating Procedures means the Bush Fire Operating Procedures adopted by the local government as amended from time to time; cadet means any adolescent member of the Brigade who has attained the age of 11 years but not the age of 16 years; Chief Bush Fire Control Officer means the Chief Bush Fire Control Officer appointed by the local government in accordance with section 38 of the Act; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Shire of Plantagenet; Council means the Council of the local government; Department means the Department of Fire and Emergency Services Western Australia, established by section 3 of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998; fire fighting member is defined in clause 4.2 of the Rules; grievance has the meaning given in Schedule 1 clause 4.16 (2); normal brigade activities means all normal brigade activities relating to a live bush fire which is active in the district, and includes burning off, creating fire breaks and other methods for the control of bush fires; Regulations means Regulations made under the Act; Rules means the rules governing the operation of Bush Fire Brigades as set out in Schedule 1; and volunteer fire brigade has the meaning given in the Fire Brigades Act 1942.