Fire Service Act 1979
56Formation of firebreaks
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56 Formation of firebreaks
(1) *[Section 56 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 46 ]*In this section, a reference to a firebreak authority is a reference to the Commission or the local council exercising on behalf of the Commission any powers conferred by this section.
(2) The Commission may, in accordance with this section, cause the formation of such firebreaks as it considers necessary or desirable to arrest the spread of fires that may occur in any part of the State or to facilitate the suppression of any fires.
(3) *[Section 56 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 46 ]*A local council may, in accordance with this section, cause the formation in its municipal area of such firebreaks as it considers necessary or desirable to arrest the spread or to facilitate the suppression of fires.
(4) A firebreak authority may, for the purposes of this section, make arrangements with any other person for the formation of a firebreak, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, any such arrangements may be made with the holder of an office, or with a body established under an enactment, and the holder of that office for the time being or that body shall be deemed to have power to enter into and carry out those arrangements.
(5) Where, under this section, a firebreak authority requires the formation of a firebreak on any particular land, the authority may serve notice in writing on the occupier of the land requiring the formation of that firebreak in such manner as is specified in the notice and within such time as is so specified.
(6) [Section 56 Subsection (6) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 102, Applied:01 Jul 2025] [Section 56 Subsection (6) substituted by No. 73 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002] An occupier of land who is aggrieved by a notice served on him or her under subsection (5) may apply to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal for a review of the notice.
(7) [Section 56 Subsection (7) omitted by No. 73 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002] . . . . . . . .