20Functions and powers of Fire Management Area Committees

20 Functions and powers of Fire Management Area Committees

[Section 20 Substituted by No. 29 of 1995, s. 16 ][Section 20 Substituted by No. 33 of 2012, s. 9, Applied:30 Apr 2013]

(1)  A Committee has the following functions:

(a) to co-ordinate fire management activities within its Fire Management Area, including –

(i) community education and information; and

(ii) fuel management;

(b) to identify and assess community bushfire risks in its Fire Management Area and to prioritise strategic works in response to those risks;

(c) to submit to the Council, on or before 30 September of each year, a fire protection plan for its Fire Management Area for the next 12 months commencing on 1 October;

(d) to ensure that its fire protection plan is consistent with –

(i) the State fire protection plan developed pursuant to section 8(1)(d) ; and

(ii) the State vegetation fire management policy developed pursuant to section 15(1)(a) ; and

(iii) such instructions or guidelines as the Council may from time to time issue to the Committee regarding the fire protection plan;

(e) to advise the Council on such matters relating to fire management and the Committee's other functions as the Council may refer to the Committee;

(f) to advise the Council on such matters concerning fire management as, in the opinion of the Committee, should be brought to the Council's attention;

(g) to perform such other functions relating to the prevention or mitigation of vegetation fires as the Council may direct.

(2)  A Committee has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the performance of its functions.

(3)  A Committee is to perform its functions in respect of Wellington Park in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for which Wellington Park is set aside under the and with any management plan in force in respect of Wellington Park.