Rural Fires Act 1997
74Bush fire hazard reduction reports
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74 Bush fire hazard reduction reports
74 Bush fire hazard reduction reports
(1) Each public authority that is responsible for managed land must report to the Commissioner not later than 1 month after the end of the financial year on its activities to reduce bush fire hazards on the managed land during the preceding financial year.
(1A) In addition to the annual report, each public authority that is responsible for managed land must report to the Commissioner not later than 7 days after the end of each month on—
(a) its activities to reduce bush fire hazards on the managed land during the preceding month, and
(b) if any activities planned for that month were not carried out, the reasons for that omission.
(2) Any such report must include—
(a) details of the extent of implementation of any scheme for the reduction of bush fire hazards set out in a bush fire risk management plan that applies to the land, and
(b) information about such other matters (if any) as are prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The annual reporting information prepared for the Service under the Government Sector Finance Act 2018 must include details of information contained in a report under subsection (1) for the annual reporting period to which the information relates.
s 74: Subst 2002 No 67, Sch 3 [4]; 2009 No 74, Sch 1 [12]; Am 2013 No 108, Sch 1 [15]–[18]; 2018 No 70, Sch 4.91[2].