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RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 33

Voluntary work by rural fire brigade

33 Voluntary work by rural fire brigade

(1) With the consent of the fire control officer for the rural fire district in which it operates or the Commissioner, a rural fire brigade may, in or out of the rural fire district, voluntarily co-operate with a public authority in the exercise of any function of the public authority prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
(2) If--
(a) a public authority, or any member of a public authority, has immunity from legal proceedings that would otherwise lie in relation to the exercise by the authority or member of a function, and
(b) a rural fire brigade co-operates under this section in the exercise of the function,
each officer and other member of the brigade taking part has the same immunity.



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