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Fire Service Act 1979
72Power of officers of Fire Service on days of total fire ban
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### 72 Power of officers of Fire Service on days of total fire ban
> > (1) *\[Section 72 Subsection (1) omitted by No. 29 of 1995, s. 56 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (2) *\[Section 72 Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 56 \]*Where an officer of the Fire Service finds a fire burning on a day of total fire ban (not being a fire excluded from the ban) in a part of the State to which a declaration under [section 70](#GS70@EN) relates, he may, for the purpose of extinguishing the fire or preventing it from spreading, exercise, in addition to the powers conferred on him by any other provision of this Act, such of the powers conferred on the Commission by [section 62](#GS62@EN) [(1)](#GS62@Gs1@EN) as he thinks necessary or expedient.
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> > (3) *\[Section 72 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 56 \]*In the exercise of his powers under this section, an officer of the Fire Service may make or give, either orally or in writing, any order, notice, or direction that could, under [section 62](#GS62@EN) , be made or given by the Commission.