Fire Service Bill

Bill No. 41/1979

Read the first time on 11th December 1979.
An Act to make better provisions as to the constitution, duties and powers of the Singapore Fire Service and to make provisions for the prevention and fighting of fires and for matters connected therewith; and to repeal Part IV of the Local Government Integration Act (Chapter 210 of the Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1.  This Act may be cited as the Fire Service Act, 1979, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Auxiliary Fire Brigade” means the brigade constituted under Part V;
“auxiliary fire officer” means a member of the Auxiliary Fire Brigade;
“Director” means the Director of Fire Service appointed under section 3;
“fire officer” means any person appointed under section 3;
“Fire Service” means the Singapore Fire Service constituted under section 3;
“national serviceman” has the same meaning as in the Enlistment Act (Cap. 229);
“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of any 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;
“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee or as receiver, or who would receive the same if the premises were let to a tenant and includes the person whose name is entered in the Valuation List authenticated under the provisions of section 13 of the Property Tax Act (Cap. 144);
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;
“street” has the same meaning as in the Local Government Integration Act (Cap. 210).