BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 52
BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 52
52 . Approved area may be declared
(1) For the purposes
of this Act, where a bush fire brigade is established in the district of a
local government the local government may apply to the Minister to have the
district or part of it declared an approved area.
(2) On receipt of the
application the Minister may by notice published in the Gazette declare the
district of the local government or part of it to be an approved area.
(3) Before declaring
the district or part of it to be an approved area the Minister may obtain a
report as to the standard of efficiency of the bush fire brigade established
in the district or the part.
(4) The Minister may
require the local government to pay the cost of any inspection made for the
purposes of this section.
[Section 52 amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]