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BUSHFIRES ACT - SECT 53

Damage

    (1)     A person who causes damage in the course of exercising a power conferred on him by this Act is not liable in respect of that damage.

    (2)     Damage occurring in the exercise of a power conferred by section 50 to property which was, when the power was exercised, in need of protection from an existing bushfire or from imminent danger of a bushfire shall, for the purposes of any insurance policy against fire which covers the property, be deemed to be damage arising out of a bushfire.

    (3)     Any provision, stipulation, covenant or condition in any agreement (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act) which negatives, limits or modifies or purports to negative, limit or modify the operation of subsection (2) is void and of no effect.



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