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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Emergencies, fire control, industry brigades, water supply, and evacuation schemes - Industry brigades

69: Organisation and maintenance of industry brigades

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"How to organise a team to help in emergencies at work or industrial sites"

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You can organise and maintain a group of people to help in emergencies at industrial premises. You can do this if you are the owner or occupier of the premises, or if you are in charge of the land. You can also appoint a principal officer to be in charge of the group. You might be wondering who can do this - it includes the owner or occupier of industrial premises, forestry land, or any local authority. It also includes any person who is in charge of land under any enactment. You can find more information about this in section 70. Some words have special meanings in this section - for example, "forestry land" means land where trees are grown to produce timber. "Industrial premises" includes land, buildings, and movable property used for industrial or commercial purposes, but not for residential purposes. "Residential purpose" means using a building as a place to live.

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Part 2Emergencies, fire control, industry brigades, water supply, and evacuation schemes
Industry brigades

69Organisation and maintenance of industry brigades

  1. A person or an organisation specified in subsection (2) may, for the purpose of protecting industrial premises in any emergency,—

  2. organise and maintain a group of persons as an industry brigade; and
    1. appoint a principal officer for the industry brigade.

      1. The persons and organisations include any of the following:

      2. the owner or occupier of any industrial premises:
        1. the owner or occupier of any forestry land:
          1. any local authority in which land is vested under any enactment:
            1. any person holding, controlling, or administering land under any enactment.

              1. In this section and in section 70,—

                forestry land means land on which trees are grown for the purpose of producing timber or for other commercial purposes

                  industrial or commercial purpose means any purpose other than residential purposes

                    industrial premises includes the following if they are used for industrial or commercial purposes:

                    1. land; and
                      1. buildings; and
                        1. movable property on land or in buildings that are industrial premises

                          residential purpose, in relation to land and buildings, means the use, or intended use, of the building for occupation by any person as a place of residence.

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