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Rural Fires Act 1997
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#### 28 Damage to property and the environment
28 Damage to property and the environment
> > (1) Any damage to property that is caused by any person exercising any function conferred by or under this Division in good faith and any remedial work necessary to rectify damage to the environment is to be taken to be damage by fire within the meaning of any policy of insurance against fire covering the property so damaged.
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> > (2) Any provision, stipulation, covenant or condition in any agreement that negates, limits or modifies or purports to negate, limit or modify the operation of this section is void and of no effect.
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> **s 28:** Am 2002 No 67, Sch 4 \[2\].