New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 48

48 Functions of Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee

(1) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee:

(a) is responsible for planning in relation to bush fire prevention and co-ordinated bush fire fighting, and

(b) is responsible for advising the Commissioner on bush fire prevention, mitigation and co-ordinated bush fire suppression, and

(c) has such other functions as are conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee:

(a) must report to the Minister on any matter referred by the Minister to it and may report on any matter relating to the prevention and suppression of bush fires whether referred to it or not, and

(b) may enter into arrangements with the Minister for Land and Water Conservation or any public authority with respect to the reduction of bush fire hazards.

(2A) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee may request the Commissioner to conduct a performance audit under section 62A with respect to implementation of bush fire risk management plans generally or for a specified rural fire district or other part of the State.

(3) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee is to have regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 in carrying out any function that affects the environment.