96Powers affecting land near certain bush fires

96 Powers affecting land near certain bush fires

(1) An authorised member of a fire fighting authority may: (a) enter land (affected land) within the authorised distance from land for which the fire fighting authority is responsible; and (b) take any reasonably necessary action to: (i) suppress a bush fire on the affected land; or (ii) prevent the spread of a bush fire from the affected land to the land for which the fire fighting authority is responsible. (2) An authorised member may take the action referred to in subsection (1) whether or not the authorised member has been requested to assist in suppressing or preventing the spread of the fire by the officer in charge of the affected land. (3) If an authorised member takes action under subsection (1), the authorised member must observe any arrangements set out in any bush fire management plan applying to the affected land, or agreed with the authority responsible for the affected land. (4) In this section:

authorised distance from land for which a fire fighting authority is responsible means:

(a) 8 kilometres from the land; or
(b) if another distance is specified in the bush fire management plan—the distance specified in the plan.