133Powers affecting land near certain bush fires

#### 133 Powers affecting land near certain bush fires 133 Powers affecting land near certain bush fires > > (1) An authorised officer of a fire fighting authority may enter land within the prescribed distance from the land for which the fire fighting authority is responsible and do all such things as are reasonably necessary to suppress, or prevent the spread of, a bush fire from the land to the land for which the fire fighting authority is responsible. > > > (2) An authorised officer may take the action referred to in subsection (1) whether or not the authorised officer has been requested to assist in suppressing or preventing the spread of the fire by the officer in charge of the land. However, if the authorised officer takes such action any arrangements set out in any bush fire management plan applying to the land or agreed with the authority responsible for the land must be observed. > > > (3) In this section— > > > > prescribed 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 a bush fire management plan applying to land in the vicinity of the land for which the fire fighting authority is responsible—the distance specified.