Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

BUSHFIRE ACT 1936

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Definitions for Act  
   3.      Declaration of built-up area  
   4.      Relationship with Environment Protection Act 1997  

   PART 2--ADMINISTRATION

   4A.     Inspectors—appointment  
   5.      Identity cards  
   5AA.    Power of entry  
   5AB.    Display of identity cards  
   5AC.    Directions  
   5AD.    Administrative review of directions  

   PART 3--BUSH FIRE COUNCIL

   5A.     Council  
   5B.     Members of the council  
   5C.     Council meetings  
   5D.     Term of appointment  
   5E.     Removal from office as member  
   5F.     Vacation of office as member  
   5FA.    Deputies of members of council  
   5G.     Secretary to council  
   5H.     Powers of council  

   PART 4--RURAL FIREFIGHTING SERVICE

   5K.     Service  
   5KA.    Rural fire control manual  
   5L.     Fire districts  
   5M.     Firefighters—appointment and powers  
   5N.     Chief fire control officer—appointment and powers  
   5P.     Protection from liability  
   5Q.     Damage by fire  
   5R.     Firefighters from outside ACT  

   PART 5--CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES

   5S.     Prevention of fires  
   6.      Penalty for setting fire to growing crops etc  
   7.      Lighting fires in plantations etc  
   7A.     Days of acute fire danger  
   7B.     Exemption permits  
   8.      Smoking prohibited in or near plantations  
   9.      Penalty for not extinguishing fire  
   9A.     Use of cooking appliances and fires on Cwlth land  
   10.     Lighting fires for burning off  
   10AA.   Lighting of fires etc in open for cooking and other purposes  
   10AB.   Penalty for burning off or lighting fires except as authorised  
   10A.    Fires to be notified  
   10B.    Discharge of live coals from motor vehicles  
   10C.    Causing fire by use of motor vehicles  

   PART 6--BUSHFIRE-PRONE GOVERNMENT LAND

   11A.    Interpretation for pt 6  
   11B.    Application to government land  
   11C.    Limited application to national land and designated areas  
   11D.    Fuel management plans  
   11E.    Effect of plan  
   11F.    Draft plans  
   11G.    Public consultation about draft plans  
   11H.    Making fuel management plan  
   11J.    Notification of plan  
   11K.    Variation of plan  
   11L.    Public inspection of plan  
   11M.    Directions by Minister  
   11N.    Annual reporting  

   PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS

   12.     Payment of expenses of extinguishing fire  
   13.     Power to enter on lands  
   14.     Persons reasonably suspected to give name and address  
   15.     Penalty on persons resisting apprehension  
   15A.    Compensation  
   16.     Rights at common law preserved  
   17.     Approved forms  
   18.     Regulation-making power  
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