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Bushfires Management Act 2016

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48 Ancillary powers (1) A fire control officer may: (a) at any time, without warrant, enter any land: (i) to examine a fire burning in the open air on that land or on any neighbouring land; or (ii) to investigate the cause of a bushfire (whether during or after the bushfire); or (iii) if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that an offence against this Act has been committed on the land – to investigate the offence; or Part 2 Administration

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