574GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 May 2025

574 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 May 2025 PART 3—OFFENCES 5. Offences and Penalties Any owner or occupier who is served with a notice under clause 4 of this local law and who fails to comply with the terms of the notice commits an offence. Penalty— (a) five thousand dollars ($5,000); and (b) a daily penalty of five hundred dollars ($500). 6. Modified Penalties (1) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section 9.16(1) of the Local Government Act 1995. (2) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 1, directly adjacent to a prescribed offence in that Schedule, is the modified penalty for that prescribed offence. PART 4—RIGHT OF ENTRY 7. Entry into private property (1) Where an owner or occupier who is served with a notice under clause 4 of this local law fails to comply with the terms of the notice, the local government is authorised— (a) to clear or remove from the property the overgrown vegetation, trees, scrub or undergrowth or refuse, rubbish or disused material specified in the Notice, and dispose of the same, without payment of any compensation; and (b) to recover in a court of competent jurisdiction the amount of the local government’s expenses in doing so from the owner or occupier who was served the notice. (2) Power of entry into private property This local law is subject to sections 3.25, 3.27 and Schedules 3.1 and 3.2 of the Local Government Act 1995 and any power of entry exercised by the local government under this local law is subject to Part 3, Division 3, Subdivision 3 of the Act. ———— Schedule 1 OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES Item No. Clause No Nature of Offence Modified Penalty $ 1 5 Failure to comply with notice of breach 250 ————

1 May 2025 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 575 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1 CITATION 1.2 COMMENCEMENT 1.3 DEFINITIONS 1.4 REPEAL 1.5 APPLICATION PART 2—ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADES DIVISION 1—ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUSH FIRE BRIGADE 2.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUSH FIRE BRIGADE 2.2 NAME AND OFFICERS OF BUSH FIRE BRIGADE 2.3 DUTIES OF CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANTS DIVISION 2—COMMAND AT A FIRE 2.4 RANKS WITHIN THE BUSH FIRE BRIGADE DIVISION 3—APPLICATION OF RULES TO A BUSH FIRE BRIGADE 2.5 RULES 2.6 VARIATION OF RULES