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RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 120 Consolidated fund of councils

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 120

Consolidated fund of councils

120 Consolidated fund of councils

(1) Any of the following purposes are purposes to which the consolidated fund of a council may be applied under section 409 of the Local Government Act 1993 --
(a) the purchase, distribution, maintenance and storage of fire fighting apparatus for the prevention, mitigation and suppression of bush and other fires,
(b) the organising of rural fire brigades and such matters as are relevant to doing so, including the establishment of fire stations and fire control centres,
(c) the establishment and maintenance of fire breaks,
(d) the removal or destruction of combustible matter,
(e) the taking of measures generally for the prevention, mitigation or suppression of bush fires.
(2) For the purposes of section 495 of the Local Government Act 1993 , any work relating to the prevention, mitigation and suppression of bush and other fires is work in respect of which a council may make a special rate.