New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RURAL FIRES REGULATION 2002

- Made under the Rural Fires Act 1997
- As at 31 August 2007
- Act 647 of 2002

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Notes

   PART 2 - RURAL FIRE BRIGADES AND GROUPS OF RURAL FIRE BRIGADES

   5.      Constitution for rural fire brigade
   6.      Membership of rural fire brigades
   7.      Probationary membership
   8.      Removal from membership
   9.      Appeals relating to membership
   10.     Disciplinary action
   11.     Appeals concerning disciplinary action
   12.     Incident reports
   13.     Period for compliance with notice to form rural fire brigades

   PART 3 - BUSH FIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES

   14.     Constitution of Bush Fire Management Committees
   15.     Eligibility for membership of Bush Fire Management Committees
   16.     Functions of Bush Fire Management Committees
   17.     Procedure for meetings of Bush Fire Management Committees
   18.     Chairperson
   19.     Executive Officer

   PART 4 - FIRE PREVENTION

           Division 1 - General

   20.     Burning to demolish buildings
   21.     Burning to destroy sawmill waste material
   22.     Use of spark arresters
   23.     Other safety requirements
   24.     Roadside fire protection

           Division 2 - Bush fire danger periods

   25.     Application of Division
   26.     Lighting fires for cooking etc
   27.     Burning garbage and refuse
   28.     Lighting fires to produce charcoal etc
   29.     Offence to light, use or carry tobacco product

   PART 5 - NOTICES

   30.     Public notice of draft bush fire risk management plans
   31.     Destruction of notices
   32.     Bush fire hazard reduction work required by local authorities
   33.     Bush fire hazard reduction work in default of compliance with notice
   34.     Notice of intention to burn off or burn firebreak
   35.     Notice of issue of fire permit
   36.     Notice to public authority not to light fires during a bush fire danger period
   37.     Notices of fire prohibition in specified zones
   38.     Persons to whom notice of bush fire hazard reduction work must be given
   39.     Giving of notices

   PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

   40.     (Repealed)
   41.     Bravery and other awards
   42.     Voluntary work by rural fire brigades
   43.     Reduction of fire hazards on managed land
   44.     Conditions of fire permit
   45.     Section 100A definition of “excluded land”
   46.     Application for bush fire safety authority
   46A.    Development excluded from requirements for bush fire safety authority
   46B.    Additional special fire protection purposes for which bush fire safety authority required
   47.     Application for bush fire hazard reduction certificate
   48.     Penalty notices
   49.     Savings provision
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