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Rural Fires Act 1997
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#### 50 Bush Fire Management Committees
50 Bush Fire Management Committees
> > (1) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee must constitute a Bush Fire Management Committee for the whole of the area of any local authority for which a rural fire district is constituted.
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> > (1A) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee must constitute a Bush Fire Management Committee for the area of a local authority for which a fire district is constituted if there is a reasonable risk of bush fires in that area.
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> > (2) The Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee may constitute a Bush Fire Management Committee for a part of the State other than a rural fire district or a fire district.
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> > (3) Committees may be constituted for separate rural fire districts or groups of rural fire districts and for separate fire districts or groups of fire districts.
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> > (4) A Bush Fire Management Committee is to be constituted in accordance with the regulations.
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> **s 50:** Am 1998 No 19, Sch 2 \[1\] \[2\].