Commissioner to inspect neighbourhood safer places
62D Commissioner to inspect neighbourhood safer places
(1) The Commissioner
must conduct annual inspections of each neighbourhood safer place and
determine whether the place remains suitable for designation as a
neighbourhood safer place.
(2) For the purposes of conducting such an
inspection, the Commissioner may enter during the daytime any part of the
place (other than a dwelling-house) that it is necessary to inspect in order
to make that determination.
(3) If the Commissioner finds that a bush fire
hazard exists on a neighbourhood safer place (other than a place owned or
occupied by a public authority) or land (other than land owned or occupied by
a public authority) adjoining a neighbourhood safer place, the Commissioner
may--
(a) direct a hazard management officer to serve a notice under
section 66 on the owner or occupier of the place or adjoining land if no bush
fire hazard reduction notice has been served on the owner or occupier of the
place or land, or
(b) subject to sections 67 and 68, exercise his or her
powers under section 70 in respect of the place or land if a bush fire hazard
reduction notice has been served on the owner or occupier of the place or
land.
(4) If the Commissioner finds that a bush fire hazard exists on a
neighbourhood safer place owned or occupied by a public authority or land
owned or occupied by a public authority adjoining a neighbourhood safer place,
the Commissioner may, by notice in writing served on the public authority,
require it to carry out such bush fire hazard reduction work as is specified
by the Commissioner.
(5) If the public authority fails to carry out the
specified work within a reasonable time after service of the notice, the
Commissioner may carry out bush fire hazard reduction work on the land under
section 73.
