Liquor Control Reform Act 1998

A fire safety inspector who reasonably believes that a serious fire threat to a premises searched exists must advise the Commission of his or her belief.

In forming a reasonable belief under subsection (1) a fire safety inspector may have regard to—

any inadequacy of existing fire safety equipment or features on the premises; or

any failure to maintain existing fire safety equipment or features to a standard of safety and reliability in the event of a fire; or

any inadequacy of exit signage, emergency lighting or access to the means of egress from the premises; or

any inadequacy, isolation or disconnection of a fire or smoke detection system, sprinkler system, alarm or alarm monitoring system, or other warning system; or

any activity that is undertaken on the premises; or

any such condition or combination of conditions on the premises.

Before advising the Commission under subsection (1) a fire safety inspector may if he or she believes it is appropriate to do so, having regard to the serious fire threat and the time required to rectify a matter on which the fire safety inspector has formed the reasonable belief—

offer a licensee or permittee an opportunity to carry out immediate rectification work within the period of the search; and

may require an additional temporary measure be taken while the immediate rectification work is carried out under paragraph (a).