Victorian Numbered Acts

EMERGENCY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 5 OF 2012) - SECT 77

After section 32D of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958 insert —

        "     33     False report of fire

    (1)     A person must not give or cause to be given a false report of a fire to a unit in the metropolitan district knowing the report to be false.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (2)     In addition to any penalty imposed under subsection (1), the court may order a person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) to pay to the Board—

        (a)     the fees and charges prescribed for the attendance of the unit in response to the false report; or

        (b)     a lesser amount as the court thinks fit.".