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Rural Fires Act 1997
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#### 33 Voluntary work by rural fire brigade
33 Voluntary work by rural fire brigade
> > (1) With the consent of the fire control officer for the rural fire district in which it operates or the Commissioner, a rural fire brigade may, in or out of the rural fire district, voluntarily co-operate with a public authority in the exercise of any function of the public authority prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
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> > (2) If—
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> > > (a) a public authority, or any member of a public authority, has immunity from legal proceedings that would otherwise lie in relation to the exercise by the authority or member of a function, and
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> > > (b) a rural fire brigade co-operates under this section in the exercise of the function,
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> > each officer and other member of the brigade taking part has the same immunity.