RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 17
Disbandment of rural fire brigades
RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 17
Disbandment of rural fire brigades
17 Disbandment of rural fire brigades
(1) A rural fire brigade may be
disbanded at any time by the person or body who formed it by notice in writing
given to the officer in charge of the rural fire brigade.
(2) The disbandment
takes effect 21 days after the notice is given.
(3) The officer in charge of
the rural fire brigade concerned may, with the agreement of a majority of the
members of the rural fire brigade, lodge an appeal in writing to the Minister
against the decision to disband the rural fire brigade.
(4) The appeal must
be lodged before the disbandment takes effect.
(5) After considering the
appeal, the Minister may--
(a) confirm the disbandment, or
(b) withdraw the
notice.
(6) The disbandment of a rural fire brigade that is the subject of an
appeal does not take effect until the appeal is either withdrawn or finally
determined by the Minister and the result notified to the officer in charge of
the rural fire brigade concerned.
