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Bushfires Management Act 2016
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47 Powers in relation to bushfires
(1) Subject to section 89, in responding to a bushfire incident, a fire
control officer or fire warden has power to do anything necessary
for or incidental to:
(a) controlling the bushfire; or
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(b) protecting property, or the life of any person, from existing or
imminent danger arising out of the bushfire.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), power conferred by that subsection
includes the power:
(a) to enter any land or building and for that purpose to break
open any lock, or cut any chain, on a door or gate; and
(b) to pull down, cut or remove any fence or gate; and
(c) to pull down, or destroy, any building or structure, wholly or
partially; and
(d) to close any road or public place to traffic and the movement
of persons; and
(e) to destroy living or dead vegetation or flammable material; and
(f) to establish, by using fire or otherwise, firebreaks, despite any
other provision of this Act; and
(g) to take and use water from any source, other than water:
(i) in a tank, dam or well connected to a dwelling; and
(ii) used by a person as a supply of drinking water; and
(h) to do any other act necessary for, or incidental to, the exercise
of any of the powers mentioned in this section.