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Rural Fires Act 1997
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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.
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> > (2) The Service comprises the following members—
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> > > (a) the Commissioner and other staff of the Service,
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> > > (b) (Repealed)
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> > > (c) volunteer rural fire fighters.
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> > (3) In this Act—
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> > volunteer rural fire fighters means—
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> > > (a) officers and other members of rural fire brigades, and
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> > > (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.
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> **s 8:** Am 2000 No 104, Sch 1 \[5\].