RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 82 Local bush fire danger period

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 82

82 Local bush fire danger period

(1) The Commissioner may modify, in respect of all or part of a local government area, the bush fire danger period set out in section 81 by order published in the Gazette declaring--

(a) that there is no bush fire danger period in the area or part, or

(b) that a different period is the bush fire danger period for the area or part.

(2) An order may also be published in any other manner approved in writing by the Minister.

(3) An order may be made on the Commissioner's own initiative or on the recommendation of a Bush Fire Management Committee for the area.

(4) An order remains in force until whichever of the following occurs first--

(a) the end of the period specified in the order as the period for which it is in force,

(b) the revocation of the order by the Commissioner.