55Reduction of bush fire hazards on unoccupied Commonwealth land and managed land

55 Reduction of bush fire hazards on unoccupied Commonwealth land and managed land

(1) An authorised person may, with the permission of: (a) the fire fighting authority or authority responsible for unoccupied Commonwealth land or managed land; or (b) a person nominated by such an authority to give such permission; enter the land and carry out bush fire hazard reduction work.

Note: For the definition of bush fire hazard reduction work, see section 6.

(2) The authorised person may carry out the bush fire hazard reduction work with the assistance of such other persons as the authorised person considers necessary. (3) The authority responsible for unoccupied Commonwealth land or managed land is taken to have given permission under subsection (1) to the extent necessary to give effect to the bush fire risk management plan. (4) If permission under this section is given subject to conditions, the authorised person, and any person assisting the authorised person in accordance with subsection (2), must comply with those conditions. (5) In this section:

authorised person means:

(a) a hazard management officer; or
(b) a member of a rural fire brigade, or of the NSW Rural Fire Service, appointed for the purposes of this section by the Minister; or
(c) a person performing bush fire hazard reduction functions under a bush fire risk management plan; or
(d) an authorised member of a fire fighting authority.