New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RURAL FIRES REGULATION 2008

- Made under the Rural Fires Act 1997
- As at 9 November 2009
- Reg 348 of 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions

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

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

   PART 3 - BUSH FIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES

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

   PART 4 - FIRE PREVENTION

           Division 1 - General

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

           Division 2 - Bush fire danger periods

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

   PART 5 - NOTICES

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

   PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

   39.     Bravery and other awards
   40.     Voluntary work by rural fire brigades
   41.     Reduction of fire hazards on managed land
   42.     Conditions of fire permit
   43.     Section 100A definition of “excluded land”
   44.     Application for bush fire safety authority
   45.     Development excluded from requirements for bush fire safety authority
   46.     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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           SCHEDULE 2