New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 60

60 Co-ordination of planning by bush fire management plans

(1) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee is not to approve or vary a bush fire management plan so as to impose a requirement on a public authority within the administration of a Minister if the authority objects to the requirement.

(2) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee may, with the consent of a public authority:

(a) vary or revoke any provision of an approved bush fire management plan imposing a requirement on the authority, or

(b) vary an approved bush fire management plan so as to impose a requirement on the authority.

(3) Any dispute between the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee and a public authority about the imposition of a requirement on the authority is to be decided by the Minister and, if the authority is within the administration of another Minister, that other Minister. The decision of the Minister or Ministers is binding on the parties to the dispute.

(4) If agreement cannot be reached between the Ministers, the dispute is to be resolved by the Premier whose decision is binding on the parties to the dispute.

(5) A bush fire management plan may be communicated in such manner as the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee thinks fit to any public authority to which it relates.

(6) A bush fire management plan communicated to a public authority to which it relates is to be adopted by that authority and, as far as practicable, carried into effect by the authority in the circumstances indicated by the plan.