RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 58
Adoption of bush fire risk management plans
RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 58
Adoption of bush fire risk management plans
58 Adoption of bush fire risk management plans
(1) After considering all
submissions received concerning the draft bush fire risk management plan, the
Bush Fire Management Committee or the Commissioner (if the Commissioner is
exercising the functions of the Committee under section 56) may decide to
amend the draft plan or to submit it to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee
without amendment as the proposed bush fire risk management plan for the rural
fire district or part of the State concerned.
(2) When a draft bush fire risk
management plan for a rural fire district or any other part of the State is
submitted to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee it must--
(a) consider all
submissions received by it concerning the draft plan, and
(b) review the
provisions of the draft plan and of any current bush fire risk management plan
for that part of the State.
(3) After considering the submissions and the
review, the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee may--
(a) approve the draft plan
(as submitted or after amendment by the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee) and
revoke any other bush fire risk management plan to the extent that it makes
corresponding provisions for that part of the State, or
(b) vary another bush
fire risk management plan for some or all of the same part of the State so as
to incorporate in the other plan some or all of the provisions of the draft
plan (as submitted or after amendment by the Bush Fire Co-ordinating
Committee).
(4) If the Bush Fire Management Committee, the Commissioner (if
the Commissioner is exercising the functions of the Committee under
section 56) or the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee decides to amend the
draft plan--
(a) they may publicly exhibit the amended draft plan in
accordance with this Division, or
(b) if of the opinion that the amendments
are not substantial, the Bush Fire Management Committee or Commissioner may
submit, or the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee may adopt, the amended draft
plan without public exhibition as the bush fire risk management plan for the
area concerned.
