Fire Safety Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Preliminary
11. Power to fix plate showing position of fire hydrant
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Upon giving 7 days’ notice in writing to the owner or occupier of any property situate in the vicinity of a fire hydrant or water supply, the
occupier
“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
Director may thereafter cause a plate indicating the location of such fire hydrant or water supply to be fixed to any part of the property as may, in the opinion of the Director, be best suited to indicate such location.
Any person who refuses to allow the fixing of any such plate referred to in subsection (1), or obstructs any person in the course of the fixing thereof or removes or defaces any such plate after it has been so fixed is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000
and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $3,000 and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
Terms defined in s 2
occupier
Defined · s 2“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
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