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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.]