Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, a fire control officer and fire warden may do any act (whether or not it involves the use of fire) necessary for or incidental to:
(a) controlling a bushfire; or
(b) protecting property or the life of any person from existing or imminent danger arising out of a bushfire.
(2) If a fire control officer is present at a bushfire a fire warden shall not exercise the power conferred by subsection (1) except with and in accordance with the directions of that officer.
(2A) Where the Chief Fire Control Officer is present at a bushfire, neither any other fire control officer nor any fire warden shall exercise the power conferred by subsection (1) except with and in accordance with the directions of the Chief Fire Control Officer.
(2B) Where a Senior Fire Control Officer is present at a bushfire, but the Chief Fire Control Officer is not, neither any other fire control officer nor any fire warden shall exercise the power conferred by subsection (1) except with and in accordance with the directions of the Senior Fire Control Officer.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the power to do an act includes the power:
(a) to enter any building or upon any land;
(b) to pull down, cut or remove any fence;
(c) to destroy or pull down any building or structure, wholly or partially;
(d) to cause any road or public place in the vicinity of the bushfire to be closed to traffic and the movement of persons;
(e) to destroy any living or dead vegetation or any flammable substance;
(f) to establish, by using fire or otherwise, fire-breaks, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act;
(g) to take and use water from any source, other than water :
(i) in a tank, dam or well connected to a dwelling; and
(ii) used by a person as a supply of drinking water; and
(h) to do any other act necessary for or incidental to the exercise of any of the powers mentioned in this section.