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::::l:br general information:- hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word:-
No. 99 of 1987: Fire Brigade Services Act, 1987. No. 99 van 1987: Wet op Brandweerdienste, 1987.
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Act No. 99, 1987 FIRE BRIGADE SERVICES ACT, 1987

ACT
To provide for the establishment, maintenance,, employment, co-
ordination and standardization of fire brigade services; and
for matters connected therewith.

(English text signed by the State President.)

(Assented to 15 October 1987.)

BE IT ENACfED by the State President and the Parliament

of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
Definitions. 1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise-
(i) "Administrator", in relation to a controlling authority,
means the Administrator as defined in the Provincial 5
Government Act, 1986 (Act No. 69 of 1986), of the
province in which the area of the relevant controlling
authority is situated, and where that area falls within
two or more provinces, the Administrator of the prov-
ince in which the biggest portion of that area falls, act- 10
ing after consultation with the Administrator of the
province, or Administrators of the provinces, in which
the rest of that area is situated; (ii)
(ii) "area" means-
(a) in relation to a service of a local authority, the 15
area of jurisdiction of that local authority, exclud-
ing any demarcated area contemplated in section 4
(4); and
(b) in relation to a designated service, the demarcated
area contemplated in section 4 ( 4) of that desig- 20
nated service; (vi)
(iii) "Board" means the Fire Brigade Board established by
section 2; (x)
(iv) "chief fire officer" means the person in charge of a ser-
vice as contemplated in section 5; (iv) 25
(v) "controlling authority" means a local authority in con-
trol of a service which complies with the prescribed re-
quirements or the person in control of a designated ser-
vice; (iii)
(vi) "designated service" means a service recognized by the 30
Minister under section 4; (i)
(vii) "equipment" means a vehicle, or any other apparatus,
intended to be used by a service in the performance of
its functions; (xi)
(viii) "local authority" means an institution or body contem- 35
plated in section 84 (1) (f) of the Provincial Govern-
ment Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961), and includes-
(a) a board of management or board as defined in sec-
tion 1 of the Rural Areas Act (House of Represen·
tatives), 1987 (Act No. 9 of 1987); 40
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Act No. 99, 1987 FIRE BRIGADE SERVICES ACT,l987

(b) a regional services council established under sec-

tion 3 of the Regional Services Councils Act, 1985
(Act No. 109 of 1985);
(c) a local authority as defined in section 1 of the
Black LOcal Authorities Act, 1982 (Act No. 102 of 5
1982); or
(d) a local government body established by virtue of
the provisions of section 30 (2) (a) of the Black
Administration Act, 1927 (Act No. 38 of 1927);
(ix) 10
(ix) "material" means water or any other substance con-
sumed by a service in fighting or extinguishing a fire;
(vii)
(x) "Minister" means the Minister of Constitutional Devel-
opment and Planning; (viii) 15
(xi) "prescribe" or ·"prescribed" means prescribe or pre-
scribed by regulation under section 15; (xii)
(xii) "service" means a fire brigade service intended to be
employed for-
(a) preventing the outbreak or spread of a fire; 20
(b) fighting or extinguishing a fire;
(c) the protection of life or property against a fire or
other threatening danger;
(d) the rescue of life or property from a fire or other
danger; 25
(e) subject to the provisions of the Health Act, 1977
(Act No. 63 of 1977), the rendering of an ambu-
lance service as an integral part of the fire brigade
service; or · ·
(f) ·the performance of any other function connected 30
with any of the matters referred to in paragraphs
(a) to (e); (v)

Fire Brigade 2. (1) There is hereby established a board known as the Fire
Board. Brigade Board, to perform the functions assigned to it in terms
of this Act. ' 35
(2) The Board shall consist of-
(a) One person designated by the Minister, who shall be
the chairman;
(b) four persons designated by the South African Fire Ser-
vices Institute; 40
(c) three persons designated by the Co-ordinating Council
established by section 2 of the Promotion of Local
Government Affairs Act, 1983 (Act No. 91 of 1983);
(d) one person designated by the Director-General: Mine-
ral and Energy Affairs to represent the petrochemical 45
industries; · ·
(e) one person designated by the Director-General of the
South African Bureau of Standards;
(f) one person designated by the President of the Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research; 50
(g) one person designated by the Chief of the South Afri-
can Defence Force;
(h) one person designated by the Director-General: Trans-
port;
(i) one person 'designated by the General Manager of the 55
South African Transport Services;
(j) one person designated by the Director-General: Fi-
nance;
(k) one town clerk designated by the Institute of Town
Clerks of Southern Africa; 60
(l) one person designated jointly by the four provincial
secretaries of the provinces; and ·
(m) not more than three persons designated by the Minis-
ter.
(3) The quorum for and Uie procedure at a meeting of the 65
Board shall be determined by the Board.
(4) The administrative work arising from the performance of
the functions of the Board under this Act shall be performed by
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officers designated by the Chief: Constitutional Development

Services for that purpose.
(5) (a) The Board may establish a committee to perform such
functions as may be assigned to it by the Board.
(b) The Board shall designate a member of a committee so 5
established as chairman of that committee.
(6) The Board may allow any member of a committee estab-
lished under subsection (5) who is not a member of the Board to
attend any meeting of the Board at which any matter relating to
a function assigned to that committee is dealt with and may al- 10
low such member to take part in the proceedings at such meet-
ing.
(7) A member of the Board, or of a committee referred to in
subsection (5), who is not in the full-time employment of the
State may, out of money appropriated by Parliament for that 15
purpose, in respect of his services as a member of the Board or
committee, as the case may be, be paid such remuneration and
allowances as the Minister may, with the concurrence of the
Minister of Finance, determine.
Services of local 3. (1) A local authority may establish and maintain a service 20
authorities. in accordance with the prescribed requirements.
(2) The Administrator may, after consultation with the Board
and the local authority concerned, direct a local authority-
(a) to maintain a service which it has established; or
(b) to establish and maintain a service, 25
in accordance with the prescribed requirements.
(3) A service contemplated in this section shall be employed
inside its area, unless it is requested, or in terms of an agree-
ment contemplated in section 12 obliged, to be employed out-
side its area. 30
Designated ser- 4. (1) A service which does not fall under the control of a
vices. local authority may, in the prescribed manner, apply to the Min-
ister to be recognized as a designated service.
(2) If the Minister after consultation with the Board is satis-
fied that the service referred to in subsection (1) complies with 35
the prescribed requirements, he may recognize the service as a
designated service subject to such conditions as he may deter-
mine. ·
(3) (a) If the Minister after consultation with the Board is of
the opinion that circumstances exist at a place which re- 40
quire that there should be a service which complies
with the prescribed requirements, the Minister may di-
rect the person (including a department of State) who
in the opinion of the Minister is responsible for those
circumstances- 45
(i) to maintain a service which it has established; or
(ii) to establish and maintain a service,
in accordance with the prescribed reg_uirements, and
such a service may under subsection (2) be recognized
as a designated service. . 50
(b) (i) A department of State shall not be directed in
terms of paragraph (a) without the concurrence of
the Minister responsible for that department of
State.
(ii) Any other person shall not be directed in terms of 55
paragraph (a) unless the Board has consulted with
the person concerned.
(4) A designated service shall be employed inside the area de-
marcated for it by the Minister after consultation with the
Board, unless it is obliged in terms of an agreement contem- 60
plated in section 12 to be employed outside that area.
(5) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board which
has consulted with the controlling authority, withdraw a recog-
nition contemplated in subsection (2).
Chief fire officer. S. (1) A controlling authority shall appoint a person who pos- 65
sesses the prescribed qualifications and experience, as chief fire
officer to be in charge of its service.
(2) A person who immediately prior to the commencement of
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this Act was in the service of a local authority as a chief fire offi-
cer in terms of a law which is repealed by this Act shall be
deemed to have been appointed in terms of subsection (1).
Members of ser- 6. (1) A controlling authority may appoint any person who
vice. possesses the prescribed qualifica.tions and expenence, as a 5
member of its service to perform such functions as may be as-
signed to him by the chief fire officer: Provided that a control-
ling authority may, after due consideration of the peculiar cir-
cumstances of a specific case, appoint any person who does not
possess the prescribed qualifications and experience as a mem- 10
ber of its service subject to the general conditions determined by
theBoard. ·
(2) A person who immediately prior to the commencement of
this Act was employed as a member of a service of a local auth-
ority in terms of a law which is repealed by this Act, shall be 15
deemed to have been appointed in terms of subsection (1).
Training institu- 7. (1) The Minister may after consultation with the Training
tions. Board established by sectiOn 2 of the Local Government Train-
ing Act, 1985 (Act No. 41 of 1985), and the Board which has
· consulted with the service or other institution concerned- 20
(a) by notice in the Gazette declare such a service or other
institution as a training institution at which the pre-
scribed qualifications of a chief fire officer or a member
of a service may be obtained; and ·
(b) take such steps or cause such steps to be taken as he 25
may deem necessary or expedient for the proper con-
trol, management and development of, or for the ex-
tention of the training facilities at, such training institu-
tion.
(2) Whenever a member of a service with the approval of his 30
employer attends a course at such training institution, that em-
ployer shall pay to the training institution the costs of such at-
tendance according to a tariff determined by the training institu-
tion concerned.

Powers of members 8. (1) A member of a service of a controlling authority, in- 35

of service. eluding a chief fire officer, may, whenever he regards it necess-
ary or expedient in order to perform his functions, perform any
act, and may also-
(a) close any street;
(b) enter or break and enter any premises; 40
(c) damage, destroy or pull down any property;
(d) forcibly remove or cause to be removed from the scene
any person who is in danger or who obstructs that
member in the performance of his duties; and
(e) take material or any object from any person: 45
Provided that the owner of tfie material or object so
taken shall be compensated therefor by the controlling
authority concerned to an amount agreed upon by the
controlling authority and the owner, or in the absence
of such agreement, an amount determined by arbitra- 50
tion in accordance with the provisions of the Arbi-
tration Act, 1965 (Act No. 42 of 1965).
(2) A member of a service of a controlling authority, including
a chief fire officer, may, whenever he regards it necessary in or-
der to perform his functions, order any inhabitant of the Repub- 55
lie who is not younger than 16 years and not older than 60 years
to assist him in the performance of his functions on any particu-
lar occasion. · ·

Salvaging of mov- 9. (1) A chief fire officer may in the performance of his func-
able property. tions salvage, or remove and place in safe custody, any movable 60
property which in his opinion is in danger. ··
(2) Any costs incurred by or at the request of a chief fire offi-
cer for the purposes contemplated in subsection (1), may be re-
covered from the owner or possessor of the property in ques-
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tion, and the controlling authority concerned has a lien on that

property for the payment of those costs. . . .
(3) If the costs referred to in subsection (2) are not paid within
30 days, or such longer period as may be determined by the con-
trolling authority concerned, after that authority- 5
(a) served a·written request for payment thereof on the
owner or possessor in question; or . ·_
(b) if that owner or possessor cannot be traced, remitted
such request by registered post to his last ·known ad-
dress or published such request in both official languag- 10
es in a newspaper circulated in the area concerned,
the controlling authority_ may sell the property in question by
public auction and shall apply the proceeds thereof for the de-
frayal of those costs, while any balance shall on application be
reimbursed to the owner or possessor in question. · 15
· · (4) If no application for reimbursement of the balance is made
within one year after the public auction referred to in subsection
(3), that balance shall be forfeited to the controlling authority
concerned.
(5) A certificate purporting to be signed by a chief fire officer 20
and in which it is certified that· the costs specified therein have
been incurred for the purposes contemplated in subsection(!)
shall on production thereof in a court of law be prima facie proof'
of the costs referred to in subsection (2). · ·
. '(6) If the owner or possessor of movable property which in 25
terms of subsection (1) has been salvaged or removed does not
claim such property within 30 days after the controlling authority
has made known in both official languages in a newspaper circu- ·
lated in the area concerned that such p~operty has been placed in
safe custody, that controlling authority may sell the property con- 30
cerned by public auction and apply the proceeds thereof for the
defrayal of any costs incurred while any balance shall be em-
ployed by the controlling authority in respect of the maintenance
of its service. ' · · · · ·' ·
Fees. 10. (1) A controlling authority may, subject to any condition 35
contemplated in section 11 (2) (a), determine the fees payable
by a person on whose behalf the service of the controlling auth-
ority is applied:- · ·· · ·· · · · · ' . ·-'
· · (a) for the attendance ofthe service; · · ·
(b) for the use of the service and equipment; or 40
(c) for any material consumed. ·
(2) A person on whose behalf, in the opinion of the chief fire
.officer concerned, a service of a controlling authority has been ·
employed, may in writing be assessed by that chief fire officer
for the payment of the fees referred to in subsection'(!) or any 45
portion thereof. · · ' · ·· _ · · · · ·
(3) Any person who feels aggrieved by an assessment contem-
plated in subsection (2) may within 14 days after receipt of that
assessment object in writing against that assessment as such or
the amount thereof to the controlling authority concerned. 50
(4) As soon'as an objeCtion contemplated in subsection (3) is
received the chief 'executive officer of the controlling authority
concerned shall without delay obtain written comment thereon
from the· chief fire· officer and submit· it_ together with the objec-
tion to the 'controlling authority, which may conftrm, alter or re- 55
voke the assessment. ·' · .· · · . · : · ·-
. (5) A certificate purporting to be signed by a chief fiie officer _
and in which it is certified that the assessment specified therein
was made under subsection (2), shall on production thereof in a
·court of law be prima facie proof of the amount payable by the 60
person mentioned therein.
Grants-in-aid. - 11. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Administrator
may, after consultation with the Board, from money appropri-
ated by Parliament for the purpose, pay a grant-in-aid calculated
on the prescribed basis to any controlling authority in respect of 65
the establishment or maintenance of its service. ·· : '
· (2) A grant-in-aid contemplated in subsection (1~
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(a) shall be paid subject to the prescribed conditions and

the further conditions determined by the Administrator
after consultation with the Board in any particular case;
, · and . . ~. . , . ·
(b) shall not be paid unless· any local authority produces 5
proof to the .Administrator that the local authority does
not discriminate in its service between its employees on
the basis of sex, race, colour or religion.
(3) A controlling authority which receives a grant-in-aid in
terms of this section shall submit annually to the Provincial Sec- 10
retary of the province from which the grant-in-aid is received-
(a) in the form and manner and before or on a date deter-
mined by the said Provincial Secretary; an estimate of
. ' ,;
expenditure in respect of .its service for the ensuing
. financial year for approval by the Administrator; and · 15
(b) before or on 30 September or such later date as the
.•. , ~ • · l· said· Provincial Secretary may determine, a . written
· statement certified by the treasurer of the · controlling
· authority and specifying- ·
(i) the actual expenditure incurred in respect of' its 20
._.. · · .. · -'service during the immediately preceding financial
·· year;· · ·· ... . ·· ·. ' .· · · ·· ..
' ··· · (ii) the actual income received in respect of its service
' > ·. during the financial year referred to in subpara-
graph (i); and · · ·· ' · 25
, . (iii) such further information as the Provincial Sec-
. · ' retacy may require . .: ...
·' '.
;; .
Agreements. :~ 12. (1) Subject to any. condition Contemplated in section 11 (2)
(a) a· controlling' authority may, with a view· to the more efficient
employment of its service, conclude a written agreement- 30
(a) with .any other controlling authority in termsof which
· the parties' undertake to co:.Operate on the conditions
as may be agreed.upon; or · ·
. (b). with any other person in terms of which the controlling
. . authority undertakes to make available its service to 35
... . •that ·person, or in· terms of which that person under-
. ·takes to make available his material or equipment to
the controlling authority. . .. · · · .
{2) A controlling authority may under subsection (1) under-
take to employ its service inside or outside its area or inside or 40
outside the provincein w.hich its area issit\lated. ·

Minister may auth- .13. The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, by
orize persons. notice in the Gazette declare that a category _of persons in the
service of the State or a controlling authority may by virtue.of
their offices perform the prescribed functions in order to.ensure 45
that the obje.cts of this Act are achieved. · ··

Urgentcases. . i4. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in

any other law, the Minister or his deputy may, in any case where
in his opinion urgent action is necessary in the public interest--:-
. . (a) order any person, including a controlling authority, to 50
make available his service, or equipment or material
under his control, to a particular service or to employ it
. in a particular way; or · .
(b) order any person who manufactures equipment or ma-
terial to manufacture particular equipment or material 55
within a particular period. · ·
(2) A person who has acted in terms of an order referred to in
subsection (1), shall be compensated therefor by the Minister to
an amount agreed upon between the Minister and the person
concerned, or in the absence of such agreement, an amount de- 60
termined by arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the
Arbitration Act, 1965 (Act No. 42 of 1956).
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Regulations. 15. (1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board,
make regulations which are not contrary to this Act or any other
law- · ·
(a) regarding 'any matter which may or shall be prescribed
in terms ofthis Act; · 5
(b) regarding the organization and procedure for the em-
ployment of a service of a controlling authority;
(c) regarding the uniforms, insignia and identification of
members of a service of a controlling authority;
(d) regarding the safety requirements to be complied with 10
on premises in order to reduce the risk of a fire or
other danger, or .to facilitate the evacuation of the
premises in the event of such danger;
·(e) regarding the use, manufacture, storage or transporta-
tion of explosives, fireworks, petroleum or any other 15
inflammable or combustible substance or gas;
· (f) regarding the specifications and standa~ds with which
the equipment and material of a service shall comply;
and ·
(g) regarding any matter which he may deem necessary or 20
expedient in order to achieve the objects of this Act.
(2) A regulation regarding the qualifications and experience of
a chief fire officer, and of a member of a service, of a controlling
authority which is a department of State, shall not be made with-
out consultation with the Minister responsible for the depart- 25
ment of State concerned. .
(3) The Minister may after consultation with the Board incor-
porate in the regulations any code of practice issued under sec-
tion 18 of the Standards Act, 1982 (Act No. 30 of 1982), by
means of a mere reference to particulars by which it can be iden- 30
tified, and thereafter the code of practice shall in so far as it is
not repugnant to this Act be deemed to be part of the · regu-
lations. · · '
(4) (a) A regulation contemplated in this section shall not be
made before the proposed regulation has been publish- 35
ed in' the Gazette together with a notice calling upon in-
terested persons to lodge any objections they may have
against it in writing to the Minister within the period
mentioned therein and that period has expired.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) shall not apply to any 40
amendment effected by the Minister with the concur-
rence of the Board to the proposed regulations as a re-
sult of objections received in terms of that paragraph.
(5) Aregulation made under this section may, in respect of a
contravention thereof or a failure to comply therewith, provide 45
for a punishment of a fine not exceeding R10 000 or of im-
prisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.

By-laws. 16. (1) A local authority may, after, consultation with the
Board, and subject to the provisions of any law applicable to the
local authority in relation to the promulgation of by-laws, make 50
by-laws which are not contrary to any law, for its area of juris-
. diction regarding any matter which it may deem necessary or ex-
pedient in order to employ its service effectively.
(2) The Administrator may after consultation with the Board
make. by-laws which are not contrary to any law, regarding any 55
matter referred to in subsection (1), and such by-laws shall apply
in the. area of jurisdiction of every local authority in the province
concerned in so far as they are applicable and not inconsistent
with the by-laws of the l<:>cal authority concerned.
(3) A by-law contemplated in subsection (1) or (2) may in re- 60
spect of a contravention thereof or failure to comply therewith
provide for a punishment of a fine not exceeding R5 000 or of ·
imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.

\
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Failure to comply 17. (1) If a person, including a local authority and a depart-
with requirements. ment ofState, fails to comply with a requirement, standard or
direction determined or issued under this Act or the regulations
contemplated in section 15, the Administrator may by written
notice direct a local authority, and the Minister may by written 5
notice direct any other person, to comply with the requirement,
standard or direction within the period mentioned therein.
(2) If such a person fails to give effect to such a notice, the
Administrator or Minister, as the case may be, may cause steps
to be taken in order to comply with the requirement, standard 10
or direction on behalf of the person concerned and to recover
the costs in connection therewith from that person.
(3) A direction referred to in subsection (1) shall not be issued
before consultation with the local authority or person con-
cerned, as the case may be. 15

Enforcement of 18. (1) A chief fire officer may at any reasonable time enter
provisions. any premises in the area of the controlling authority concerned
in order tq determine whether the provisions contemplated in
sections 15 (1) (a), (d), (e) and (g) and 16 are being complied
with. 20
(2) If the chief fire officer finds that such provisions are not be-
ing complied with, he may issue to the owner of those premises
a written instruction to comply with the provisions in question
within the period mentioned therein.
(3) If an instruction contemplated in subsection (2) is not car- 25
ried out within the period mentioned therein, the controlling
authority concerned may cause the necessary steps to be taken
in order to comply with the provisions in question on behalf of
the owner concerned and to recover the costs in connection
therewith from the owner. 30
(4) For the purposes of this section "owner" means the regis-
tered owner of the premises or in relation to a sectional title
scheme, the body corporate established in terms of the Sectional
Titles Act, 1986 (Act No. 95 of 1986).
Delegation. 19. (1) A chief fire officer may- 35
(a) delegate any power granted to him by or under this
Act, the regulations contemplated in section 15 or the
by-laws contemplated in section 16, excluding the pow-
er referred to in this section, to a member of the ser-
vice concerned; and 40
(b) grant authority that a duty so assigned to him may be
performed by such a member.
. (2) A power so delegated and a duty so authorized shall be
exercised or performed subject to the directions of the chief fire
officer, who may at any time withdraw such delegation or auth- 45
ority.
. (3) A delegation under subsection (1) (a) does not prevent the
chief fire officer from exercising the power in question himself.
Indemnity. 20. Subject.to the proviso to paragraph (e) of section 8 (1), a
controlling authority, chief fire officer or member of a service of 50
a controlling authority or an .inhabitant referred to in section 8
(2) shall not be liable for any damage or loss as a result of bodily
injury, loss of life or loss of or damage to property which is
caused by or arises out of or in connection with anything done or
performed bonafide in the exercise or performance of apower, 55
function or duty conferred or imposed in terms of this Act, the
regulations contemplated in section 15 or the by-laws contem-
plated in section 16. ·
Offences. 21. Any person' who- . '
(a) intentionally resists or obstructs a member of a service, 60
including a chief fire officer, in the exercise of his
powers referred to in section 8 (1); .
(b) refuses or fails to comply with an order contemplated
in section 14 (1); . .
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(c) refuses or fails to carry out an instruction contemplated

in section 18 (2) within the period mentioned therein;
or
(d) summons a service while he knows that there is no
reason to do so, 5
shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction liable to a fine
not exceeding RlO 000 or to imprisonment for a period not ex-
ceeding 12 months.
Repeal of laws and 22. (1)The laws specified in the Schedule are hereby repealed
savings. to the extent indicated in the third column of the Schedule. 10
(2) A regulation or by-law made under a law repealed by sub-
section (1) and which deals with a matter referred to in section
15 (1) or 16 (1) of this Act, shall be deemed to have been made
under the relevant section of this Act.
Short title. 23. This Act shall be called the Fire Brigade Services Act, 15
1987.

Schedule

No. and year of law Title Extent of repeal

Ordinance No. 18 of 1977, of the Ordinance on Fire Brigade Services The whole
Transvaal .................... .
Ordinance No. 2 of 1978, of the Ordinance on Fire Brigade Services The whole
Orange Free State ............. .
Ordinance No. 14 of 1978, of the Ordinance on Fire Brigade Services The whole
Cape of Good Hope ............ .
Ordinance No. 31 of 1978, of Ordinance on Fire Brigade Services The whole
Natal ........................ .
Ordinance No.9 of 1979, of the Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
Orange Free State ............. .
Ordinance No. 14 of 1979, of the Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
Transvaal .................... .
Ordinance No. 8 of 1980, of the Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
Cape of Good Hope ............ .
Ordinance No. 12 of 1980, of . Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
Natal ........................ .
Ordinance No. 14 of 1981, of the Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
CapeofGoodHope ............ .
Ordinance No. 22 of 1982, of Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
Natal ........................ .
Ordinance No. 15 of 1983, of the Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
Transvaal .................... .
Ordinance No. 12 of 1984, of the Fire Brigade Services Amendment Ordinance The whole
Orange Free State ............. .
ActNo.102of1982........ .. . . . Black Local Authorities Act Item 30 (c) of
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