Fire Service Act 1979

Except as provided in subsection (2), this Division does not apply to or in respect of – land owned by a local council; or land owned by the Crown in right of this State; or Aboriginal land, within the meaning of the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995, which is unoccupied or occupied principally for Aboriginal cultural purposes; or land owned, vested in or occupied by a GBE that is not specified in Schedule 8 to the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995; or State forest; or Commonwealth land to which a fire protection services agreement applies; or the town of Savage River; or unimproved land, in any ownership, not exceeding 10 square metres in area; or a jetty that is – separately valued in the valuation list prepared under the Valuation of Land Act 2001; and made entirely or mainly from non-combustible material; and no more than 10 metres long; or a slipway that is separately valued in the valuation list prepared under the Valuation of Land Act 2001.

This Division does apply to and in respect of land referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (bb) if the land, or any part of it, is let or sublet to a private tenant.

For the avoidance of doubt, a State-owned company is taken to be a private tenant for the purposes of this section.

In this section – exempt tenant, of land in a municipal area, means a tenant that the Commission, in its discretion and on the written application of the local council of the municipal area, has certified is occupying the land for – a benevolent, charitable or philanthropic purpose; or a non-profit community or non-profit sporting purpose; fire protection services agreement means an agreement between the Commission and the Commonwealth under which the Commission undertakes to provide fire protection services in respect of specified Commonwealth land in this State in consideration of the Commonwealth making a contribution towards the operating costs of brigades;GBE means a Government Business Enterprise within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995; private tenant, of land in a municipal area, means a tenant other than – the Crown in right of the Commonwealth or in right of any State or Territory; or a local council; or a single authority or joint authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993; or a State authority specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the State Service Act 2000; or an exempt tenant;State-owned company means a company incorporated under the Corporations Act that is controlled by the Crown in right of this State, by a GBE or statutory authority, or by another company that is so controlled; statutory authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, that is established or constituted by or under an Act or under the Royal Prerogative, being a body or authority which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another statutory authority.