New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RURAL FIRES REGULATION 2008 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"appropriate appeal authority" means:

(a) if the responsible authority concerned is a local authority-the Commissioner, or

(b) if the responsible authority concerned is the Commissioner-the Minister.

"appropriate authority" -see section 85 of the Act.
"appropriate disciplinary authority", in relation to any disciplinary action under clause 9, means:

(a) an officer of or above the rank of Superintendent appointed by the Commissioner in relation to the disciplinary action, or

(b) if an officer has not been appointed-a district disciplinary panel constituted in accordance with the procedure set out in the Service Standards.

"brigade register" means the register for a rural fire brigade required to be kept under section 20 of the Act.
"forestry land" means land dedicated or reserved, or acquired for the purpose of dedication or reservation, under the Forestry Act 1916 , or in respect of which the Forestry Commission has obtained the benefit of a forestry right as referred to in section 11 (1) (m) (iia) of that Act.
"light" a fire-see section 85 of the Act.
"motorised machine" includes any vehicle or machine (including a steam-powered machine) that is operated by means of an internal combustion engine or other fuel burning engine.
"NPWS land" means land reserved, or acquired for the purpose of reservation, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .
"responsible authority", in relation to a rural fire brigade, means:

(a) if the brigade is formed by a local authority under section 15 (1) of the Act-the local authority, or

(b) if the brigade is jointly formed by two or more local authorities under section 15 (2) of the Act-the local authority nominated by an agreement in writing by the local authorities forming the brigade as the responsible authority, or

(c) if the brigade is formed by the Commissioner-the Commissioner.

"steam-powered machine" means any machine that is operated by means of an engine that burns wood, coal or coke.
"the Act" means the Rural Fires Act 1997 .

(2) In this Regulation, a reference to Planning for Bush Fire Protection is a reference to the document so entitled, ISBN 0 9751033 2 6 , prepared by the NSW Rural Fire Service in co-operation with the Department of Planning, dated December 2006.

(3) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.