New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

RURAL FIRES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2002 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Amendments to Rural Fires Act 1997 relating to performance audit

(Section 4)

[1] Section 48 Functions of Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee

Insert after section 48 (2):

(2A) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee may request the Commissioner to conduct a performance audit under section 62A with respect to implementation of bush fire risk management plans generally or for a specified rural fire district or other part of the State.

[2] Section 51 Functions of Bush Fire Management Committees

Insert after section 51 (1):

(1A) A Bush Fire Management Committee must, within 2 months after the end of each financial year, report to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee on implementation of each bush fire risk management plan in force for the rural fire district or other part of the State for which the Bush Fire Management Committee is constituted.

[3] Part 3, Division 6

Insert after Division 5:

Division 6 - General

62A Performance audit of implementation of bush fire risk management plans

(1) The Commissioner may conduct a performance audit of the implementation of bush fire risk management plans generally in the State or for a specified rural fire district or other part of the State.

(2) The Commissioner may conduct a performance audit on the Commissioner’s own initiative or at the request of the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee under section 48 (2A).

(3) Without limiting the powers the Commissioner may exercise under subsection (1), the Commissioner may make such enquiries as the Commissioner considers fit to determine whether or not bush fire hazard reduction work has been carried out in accordance with any bush fire risk management plan that applies to the land.

(4) The annual report of the Service prepared under the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 must include details of the number, and results, of performance audits carried out under this section in the year to which the report relates.