50GMunicipal councils to identify and designate neighbourhood safer places

50G Municipal councils to identify and designate neighbourhood safer places (1) A municipal council, the municipal district of which is located wholly or partly in the country area of Victoria, must identify and designate places as neighbourhood safer places in its municipal district. (2) A neighbourhood safer place may be on council land, or, with the consent of the occupier or the person in control of the land, on non-council land. (3) In identifying and designating neighbourhood safer places, a municipal council may have regard to its Municipal Council Neighbourhood Safer Places Plan. (4) After identifying a neighbourhood safer place, a municipal council must ask the Authority to assess the place in accordance with the Country Fire Authority Assessment Guidelines. (5) On receiving a request, the Authority must— (a) assess the place; and (b) if the place meets the criteria set out in the Country Fire Authority Assessment Guidelines, certify in writing that the place meets those criteria. (6) A municipal council must not designate a place as a neighbourhood safer place unless the place has been certified by the Authority under this section. (7) A municipal council is not required to designate a place under subsection (1) if— (a) no place has been certified by the Authority under this section; or (b) the Authority has certified a place under this section but the council is satisfied on reasonable grounds that it is not appropriate to designate the place as a neighbourhood safer place; or (c) any suitable existing place is on non-council land and the occupier or the person in control of the land does not consent to the designation of the place as a neighbourhood safer place. (8) Before 1 July 2010, a municipal council complies with subsection (1) if it uses its best endeavours to do so. S. 50H inserted by No. 73/2009 s. 3.