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Fire Service Act 1979
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### 17 Fire Management Areas
> *\[Section 17 Amended by No. 12 of 1981, s. 6 \]**\[Section 17 Amended by No. 46 of 1991, sched. 2 \]**\[Section 17 Substituted by No. 29 of 1995, s. 14 \]*
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> > (1) [*\[Section 17 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 33 of 2012, s. 7, Applied:30 Apr 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-04-30/act-2012-033#GS7@EN) The Council, by notice published in the *Gazette*, may declare any area of the State to be a Fire Management Area.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 17 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 33 of 2012, s. 7, Applied:30 Apr 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-04-30/act-2012-033#GS7@EN) The Council, by the notice, may –
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> > > > (a) assign a name to the Fire Management Area; and
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> > > > (b) publish a map of the Fire Management Area.
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> > (3) The boundaries of Fire Management Areas need not coincide with the boundaries of municipal areas.
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> > (4) A notice under [subsection (1)](#GS17@Gs1@EN) is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the [Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1953-050) .