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Rural Fires Act 1997
74DInvestigation of complaint
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#### 74D Investigation of complaint
74D Investigation of complaint
> > (1) The Commissioner must investigate the bush fire hazard complaint as soon as practicable after it is received.
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> > (2) The Commissioner may investigate the complaint as the Commissioner thinks fit.
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> > (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Commissioner (or a person authorised by the Commissioner) may, for the purpose of forming an opinion as to whether a bush fire hazard exists on the land to which the complaint relates, enter during the daytime any part of the land (other than a dwelling-house) that it is necessary to inspect in order to form that opinion.
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> > (4) The Commissioner may decline to deal with a complaint, or dismiss a complaint, that the Commissioner considers to be vexatious, misconceived, frivolous or lacking in substance.
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> > (5) The Commissioner is to notify the complainant if the Commissioner declines to deal with, or dismisses, the complaint.
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> **s 74D:** Ins 2002 No 67, Sch 3 \[5\]. Am 2009 No 74, Sch 1 \[14\] \[15\].