Charges for other services
42 Charges for other services
If the Commissioner or a member of a fire brigade, on request made by or on behalf of any person (whether or not made in compliance with any law) otherwise than under an automatic fire alarm network service arrangement referred to in section 79A—
inspects any premises, or
inspects, tests, services or repairs any equipment, or
furnishes any advice or report concerning fire prevention or protection, fire fighting equipment or other matters, or
conducts any training course, or
responds to any alarm (if it is afterwards discovered that the alarm was false), or
performs any other service specified in the regulations,
the Commissioner is entitled to payment by the person of the charge prescribed by the regulations in respect of the service performed or, if no amount is so prescribed, of such amount as the Commissioner thinks fit.
The Commissioner is entitled to payment of any charges that a person has agreed to pay under an automatic fire alarm network service arrangement referred to in section 79A, including charges of a kind referred to in subsection (1) (a)–(e).
Nothing in subsection (1A) affects the Commissioner’s entitlement to payment of any charges payable otherwise than as referred to in that subsection.
If a charge is not prescribed in respect of the conduct of a training course, the Commissioner is entitled to payment of the charge that the Commissioner determines is the reasonable charge payable for the conducting of a training course.
This section binds the Crown in right of the State and also, in so far as the legislative power of Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.
This provision refers to the regulations (specified in the regulations
, prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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