Regulations

(1) The Minister may make Regulations generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make Regulations in respect of any or all of the following, (a) the uniform to be worn by officers and employees of the Service; (b) the training and exercises to be done by officers and employees of the Service; (c) the gratuity to be given to volunteers; (d) the gratuities and awards to be given to officers and employees of the Service for outstanding and meritorious service; (e) the occupancy load of any public premises or class of public premises and the requirement for all public premises to have fire exits as may from time to time be specified in any legislation regulating building standards and codes; (f) the holding of periodic inspections and spot- checks by officers of the Service on any public premises or class of public premises; (g) requirements that before a licence for the sale of liquor in any public premises, or for the holding of any public entertainment or 25 function is granted, the owner or occupier of such premises should have a fire certificate issued by the Service after inspecting the premises; (h) the group insurance which shall be taken by the Government to cover members of the Service against accidents and loss of life, and the number of members of the Service (being not less than twenty) who shall be so insured at any one time; (i) the establishment of a Reward Fund and the administration and purposes of such Fund; (j) the establishment of the Volunteer Element of the Service, the qualifications needed for a person to be a Volunteer member of the Service, the remuneration or allowance to be paid to such members by the Fire Chief and the circumstances under which such members may be dismissed from the Service by the Fire Chief; (k) the powers of the Fire Chief or any other Officer designated by the Fire Chief in that behalf to enter specified buildings, including hotels and places of business, for the purposes of inspecting them against the risk (l) the control, repair and demolition of buildings declared by the Fire Chief to be unsafe; (m) generally, for the better administration of the 26 (2) Regulations made by the Minister under subsection (1) of this section, shall be subject to negative resolution by the House of Representatives.