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Rural Fires Act 1997
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#### 52 Bush Fire Management Committees to prepare plans
52 Bush Fire Management Committees to prepare plans
> > (1) Each Bush Fire Management Committee must, in accordance with this Division, prepare and submit to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee a draft of each of the following kinds of bush fire management plans for the rural fire district or other part of the State for which it is constituted—
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> > > (a) a plan of operations, and
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> > > (b) a bush fire risk management plan.
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> > (2) Draft bush fire management plans of both kinds must be prepared and submitted to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee by a Bush Fire Management Committee within 12 months after the constitution of the Bush Fire Management Committee and—
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> > > (a) in the case of a plan of operations—within each successive 2 year period following the constitution of the Committee, and
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> > > (b) in the case of a bush fire risk management plan—within each successive 5 year period following the constitution of the Committee.
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> > (3) Each Bush Fire Management Committee must, in accordance with this Division, prepare and submit to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee a draft fire access and fire trail plan for the rural fire district or other part of the State for which it is constituted.
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> > (4) A draft fire access and fire trail plan must be prepared and submitted to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee by a Bush Fire Management Committee—
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> > > (a) within the period (the original period) notified to it by the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee, and
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> > > (b) thereafter within each successive 5 year period following the end of the original period.
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> **s 52:** Am 1998 No 19, Sch 2 \[3\]; 2016 No 41, Sch 1 \[2\].