The Fire Services and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2025:
- implemented the annual increase to Emergency Management Levy amounts, in line with the Government Indexation Rate;
- implemented the government announcement to pause any further Emergency Management Levy increases for certain property owners for the 25/26 financial year;
- expanded the categories of people who can drive unregistered rural fire brigade vehicles to include interstate fire officers deployed to Queensland and mechanics servicing or repairing the vehicles; and
- provided for the issuing of penalty infringement notices for a number of smoke alarm offences (including, for example, offences for failing to install a smoke alarm in a domestic dwelling and failing to replace a smoke alarm within 10 years from its manufacture date).
The amendments relating to the Emergency Management Levy commence on 1 July 2025. All remaining amendments commenced on 20 June 2025.