21Making premises safe

21 Making premises safe

(1) An officer of a rural fire brigade may, if a person or property is endangered or likely to be endangered by a fire, incident or other emergency, do any of the following things: (a) pull down, cut or remove a fence; (b) destroy, pull down, shore up or remove a building or structure, or part of a building or structure; (c) destroy or remove any living or dead vegetation; (d) establish fire breaks; (e) authorise or direct a member of a rural fire brigade to do any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d). (2) The cost of doing something under paragraph (1)(b) is to be borne by the owner of the building or structure and is to be paid to the Minister. (3) The Minister may waive payment of the whole or any amount payable under subsection (2) in such circumstances as the Minister thinks appropriate.