Rural Fires Act 1997
34Deputy fire control officers
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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—
(a) at the direction of the fire control officer, or
(b) in the event of the absence, illness or other inability to act of the fire control officer, or
(c) during a vacancy in the office of the fire control officer.
(2) A deputy fire control officer—
(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
(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.
s 34: Am 2000 No 104, Sch 1 [13]–[15].