Rural Fires Act 1997
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97 Reporting requirements
97 Reporting requirements
(1) Within 2 months (or such other period as the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee specifies) after the end of the financial year, the Commissioner must report to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee with respect to fire permits issued by appropriate authorities during the year.
(2) A report is to include—
(a) details of the circumstances surrounding the lighting of any bush fires in the area of an appropriate authority that appear to have been caused by the lighting of a fire authorised by a fire permit issued by the appropriate authority, and
(b) details of any action taken with respect to permits that is inconsistent with any bush fire risk management plan applying to the area.
s 97: Am 2002 No 67, Sch 4 [20] [21].