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Rural Fires Act 1997
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> > (1) A draft bush fire management plan may—
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> > > (a) include schemes for the exercise in the rural fire district or other part of the State to which it applies of functions conferred or imposed by this Act, and
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> > > (b) confer or impose functions on the Commissioner, the Commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, the Forestry Corporation, the Chief Executive of the Office of Environment and Heritage or any other person or body associated with the prevention, mitigation or suppression of bush fires in that part of the State.
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> > (2) A draft bush fire management plan must include any provisions that the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee has advised the Bush Fire Management Committee concerned to include in the plan.
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> **s 55:** Am 2009 No 74, Sch 1 \[7\]; 2012 No 96, Sch 4.37 \[1\]; 2012 No 103, Sch 2 \[5\]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.77 \[6\].