Bushfires Management Act 2016
61Purpose of declaring fire management area
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61 Purpose of declaring fire management area The purpose of declaring a fire management area is, for a limited period: (a) to establish an area for which an area fire management plan must be prepared; and (b) to establish an area within which the executive director may require the owners or occupiers of land to prepare a property fire management plan; and (c) to apply the controls mentioned in Part 4, Division 4 to land within the area. Division 4 Fire danger areas