60Damage to property caused by bush fire hazard reduction work covered by fire insurance

60 Damage to property caused by bush fire hazard reduction work covered by fire insurance

(1) Any damage to property caused by a person in the exercise in good faith of a power conferred by or under this Division is taken to be damage by fire within the meaning of a policy of insurance against fire covering the damaged property. (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to damage caused by a person in the act of entering land under subsection 59(1).

Note: Subsection 59(1) allows the Minister to enter land if the owner or occupier fails to comply with a bush fire hazard reduction notice, and carry out bush fire hazard reduction work on the land.