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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.
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> > (2) A report is to include—
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) details of any action taken with respect to permits that is inconsistent with any bush fire risk management plan applying to the area.
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> **s 97:** Am 2002 No 67, Sch 4 \[20\] \[21\].