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QUEENSLAND
RURAL FIRES ACT AMENDMENT ACT
of1951
15 Geo. 6 No. 18[Reprinted as at 1 October, 19831
An Act to Amend "The Rural Fires Act of 1946," in certain particulars [Assented to 5 April, 1951]
BE IT ENACTED by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
1. Short tide and construction. This Act may be cited as "The Rural Fires Act Amendmeni Act of 1951," and shall be read as one with
"The Rural Fires Act of 1946," herein referred to as the Principal Act.
Collective tide. The Principal Act and this Act may be cited collectively as "The Rural Fires Acts, 1946 to 1951."
2-36. Amended Principal Act.
37. Savings. Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or affect- (i) The appointment of any officer or the employment of any
employee under the Principal Act prior to and substituting at the commencement of this .Act and every such appointment and employment shall continue subject to "The Rural Fires Acts, 1946 to 1951";
(ii) The appointment of the Rural Fires Board under and pursuant to the Principal Act and for the purposes of
"The Rural Fires Acts, 1946 to 1951," such Board shall be deemed to be constituted under and pursuant to those Acts;
(iii) The appointment of the chairman or of any other member or of any deputy member of the Rural Fires Board prior to and subsisting at the commencement of this Act and every such appointment shall continue subject to the terms thereof and to "The Rural Fires Act, 1946 to 1951";
(iv) Any notification published in the Gazette under and pursuant to the Principal Act in force at the commencement of this Act and for the purposes of "The Rural Fires Acts, 1946 to 1951," every such notification shall continue in force undet and subject to those Acts;
(v) The constitution or declaration or notification by or under the Principal Act of any rural fire district, fire warden's district, special fire zone, or any other area subsisting at the commencement of this Act and every such rural fire district, fire warden's district, special fire zone, and other area shall be deemed to have been constituted or declared or notified, as the case requires, under and for the purposes of "The Rural Fires Acts, 1946 to 1951."
This Act commenced on 5 April 1951.
62704-By Authority: S. R. HAMPSON, Government Printer, Queensland
