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Fire Service Act 1979
61Fire permit period
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### 61 Fire permit period
> > (1) The Commission, with the approval of the Minister, may by public notice declare any day, or any period specified in the notice, to be a fire permit period throughout the State or in respect of parts of the State.
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> > (2) The Commission, with the approval of the Minister, may by public notice –
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> > > > (a) declare that a fire permit period has commenced throughout the State or in any specified parts of the State; and
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> > > > (b) declare that that fire permit period has ended.
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> > (3) Where a fire permit period is declared pursuant to [subsection (1)](#GS61@Gs1@EN) , the Commission shall take such steps as it considers necessary or as may be prescribed for the purpose of giving publicity to the declaration.
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> > (4) For the purpose of this section, ***public notice*** means a notice published in a daily newspaper published in the State that circulates in the part of the State to which the notice relates.