New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 65

65 Reduction of fire hazards on unoccupied Crown land and managed land

(1) In this section--

"authorised person" , in relation to land, means--

(a) a hazard management officer, or

(b) any officer of a rural fire brigade for the time being nominated for the purposes of this section by the Commissioner, or

(c) any person for the time being nominated for the purposes of this section by the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee, or

(d) a person exercising functions under a bush fire risk management plan, or

(e) an authorised officer of a fire fighting authority.

(2) An authorised person may, with the permission of the fire fighting authority or other authority responsible for unoccupied Crown land or managed land or a person nominated by the authority to give such permission, enter the land and carry out bush fire hazard reduction work with the assistance of such other persons as the authorised person considers to be necessary for the purpose.

(3) The authority responsible for unoccupied Crown land or managed land is to be taken to have given the permission under this section to the extent necessary to give effect to a bush fire risk management plan.

(4) If permission under this section is given subject to conditions, the conditions must be complied with.