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Country Fire Authority Act 1958
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50A Definitions
In this Part—
S. 50A def. of *community fire refuge* substituted by No. 41/2014 s. 7.
***community fire refuge*** means a place prescribed by the regulations to be a place that is to be used by the public for short-term shelter from a fire front during a bushfire;
***council land*** means land occupied or controlled by a municipal council;
***designated neighbourhood safer place*** means a place designated by a municipal council as a neighbourhood safer place under this Part;
***neighbourhood safer place*** means a place that may, as a last resort, provide shelter for people from the immediate life-threatening effects of a bushfire;
***non-council land*** means land (including Crown land) that is not council land;
***place*** means land or premises.
Division 2—Duty to warn community
S. 50B inserted by No. 73/2009 s. 3, substituted by No. 73/2010 s. 44.