45Powers of authorized national park officers

### 45 Powers of authorized national park officers > > (1)  [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-31/act-2002-064#JS1@Ja8@GC2@EN) [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:14 Jul 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-07-14/act-2000-055#JS1@Ja5@GC3@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:14 Jul 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-07-14/act-2000-055#JS1@Ja5@GC3@Hpa@EN) *\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 39 \]*Notwithstanding anything in [section 42](#GS42@EN) , but subject to [sections 43](#GS43@EN) and [44](#GS44@EN) , where reserved land in the class of national park, State reserve, nature reserve or historic site under the [Nature Conservation Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2002-063) is within a fire protected area and a fire occurs in that reserved land, an authorized national parks officer who is present at the fire shall have supreme charge of the operation of extinguishing the fire. > > > (2)  For the purposes of [subsection (1)](#GS45@Gs1@EN) , ***authorized national parks officer*** means a person authorized by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife to exercise the powers of an authorized national parks officer under that subsection.