Rural Fires Act 1997
8NSW Rural Fire Service
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8 NSW Rural Fire Service
8 NSW Rural Fire Service
(1) There is established by this Act the NSW Rural Fire Service.
(2) The Service comprises the following members—
(a) the Commissioner and other staff of the Service,
(b) (Repealed)
(c) volunteer rural fire fighters.
(3) In this Act—
volunteer rural fire fighters means—
(a) officers and other members of rural fire brigades, and
(b) any person other than a member of a rural fire brigade who, without remuneration or reward, voluntarily and without obligation engages in fighting (or in activities associated with fighting) a fire with the consent of or under the authority and supervision of an officer of a rural fire brigade.
s 8: Am 2000 No 104, Sch 1 [5].