(1)  The Commission, by notice published in the Gazette , may declare a part of the State to be a rating district for the purposes of this Part.

(2)  A notice under subsection (1) is to –

(a) confer a name on the rating district; and

(b) specify whether the rating district created by the notice is a permanent brigade rating district, volunteer brigade rating district or composite brigade rating district; and

(c) describe that rating district by reference to a plan in the Central Plan Register.

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (2) (c) –

(a) the Commission must cause a plan of each proposed rating district to be lodged in the Central Plan Office; and

(b) the Surveyor-General, if satisfied that the plan is in accordance with the Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 , must register the plan in the Central Plan Register.

(4)  The Commission, on declaring a part of the State to be a rating district, must immediately give a notice containing particulars of the declaration to each local council affected by the declaration.

(5)  A notice under subsection (1) is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .