38Minister’s responsibility

38 Minister’s responsibility

The Minister is responsible for taking charge of bush fire fighting operations and bush fire prevention measures, and taking any measures the Minister considers necessary to control or suppress a bush fire in the Territory if, in the opinion of the Minister: (a) a bush fire has assumed or is likely to assume such proportions as to be incapable of control or suppression by the fire fighting authority or other authority in whose area it is burning; or (b) the prevailing weather conditions are conducive to the outbreak of a bush fire likely to assume such proportions; or (c) a bush fire is not being effectively controlled or suppressed by the fire fighting authority or other authority in whose area it is burning; or (d) a bush fire is burning in a place that is not the responsibility of any fire fighting authority.

Note: The Minister may delegate the Minister’s functions and powers under this Division—see section 7.