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- Fire Prevention Act
Detailled Table of Contents
Current to 1 January 2024
Fire Prevention Act
1
Definitions
1.1
Application of Act
I
INVESTIGATION ANDPREVENTION OF FIRES
APPOINTMENTS, DUTIES AND POWERS
2
Appointment of fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire investigators and fire prevention officers
3
Repealed
4
Powers and duties of fire marshal
5
Annual report of fire marshal
6
Local assistants
6.1
Protection from liability
7
Investigations
7.01
Power of entry
7.1
Duty to report
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
8
Report of insurer, person sustaining loss and adjuster
INQUIRIES
9
Inquiry
10
Report of fire marshal where arson suspected
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS
11
Powers of inspection
12
Order respecting safety measures, discontinuance of power or dangerous appliance, apparatus or place and duty of tenant
12.1
Registration of order
13
Order respecting building or fire prevention standards
14
Appeal to fire marshal within 48 hours
15
Appeal to fire marshal within 10 days
16
Fire hazard, order respecting smoking, appeal from order
17
Service of order made under section 12 or 16
18
Conversion of building
19
Necessity of plans respecting petroleum products
20
Appeal from order of fire marshal to The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick
21
Power to enforce order where owner absent
22
Contribution towards cost of maintenance of office of fire marshal
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
23
Offences
24
Orders, offences, continuing offences
25
Exits of place of assembly
25.1
Offences and penalties
26
Payment of penalties to Minister of Finance and Treasury Board
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY
27
Overriding authority of fire marshal in certain cases
II
SALE OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
28
Approval of fire extinguishers and oil fire units
29
Licence respecting sale of fire extinguisher
29.1
Fireworks – general
29.2
Fireworks – public display
29.3
Fireworks – exceptions re public display
29.4
Fireworks – other statute, other province or foreign country
29.5
Fireworks – contravention
29.6
Fireworks – burden of proof
III
REGULATIONS
30
Regulations
SCHEDULE A