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Bushfires Management Act 2016
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109 Continuation of certain things and offices
Despite the repeal effected by section 107:
(a) a person holding office as the Chief Fire Control Officer or a
Senior Fire Control Officer immediately before the
commencement continues to hold office as the chief fire
control officer or a senior fire control officer as if appointed
under section 16 or 17; and
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(b) a person holding office as a fire control officer for a fire control
region immediately before the commencement continues to
hold office as a fire control officer as if appointed under
section 18; and
(c) a permit issued under the repealed Act and in force
immediately before the commencement continues in force as
if it were a permit issued under section 46; and
(d) a volunteer bushfire brigade established under the repealed
Act and in existence immediately before the commencement
continues in existence as if it had been established under
section 54(1); and
(e) a fire protection zone declared under section 33 of the
repealed Act and in existence immediately before the
commencement is taken to be a fire protection zone declared
under section 56; and
(f) a fire control region declared under section 10 of the repealed
Act and in existence immediately before the commencement
is taken to be a fire management zone declared under
section 58.