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Rural Fires Act 1997
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#### 34 Deputy fire control officers
34 Deputy fire control officers
> > (1) A deputy fire control officer is to act as fire control officer for the district—
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> > > (a) at the direction of the fire control officer, or
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> > > (b) in the event of the absence, illness or other inability to act of the fire control officer, or
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> > > (c) during a vacancy in the office of the fire control officer.
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> > (2) A deputy fire control officer—
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> > > (a) when acting as a fire control officer under this section, has and may exercise all the functions of a fire control officer by or under this Act, and
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> > > (b) when acting under the direction of a fire control officer (other than a direction under subsection (1)) has and may exercise such of the functions conferred on a fire control officer by or under this Act as may be necessary or convenient to be exercised for the purpose of carrying out the direction.
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> **s 34:** Am 2000 No 104, Sch 1 \[13\]–\[15\].