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Rural Fires Act 1997
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# Part 1 Preliminary
Part 1 Preliminary
Note.
This Part contains provisions that are helpful in understanding the Act as a whole, as well as some machinery provisions. It also provides for the constitution of all those parts of the State that are not within fire districts (within the meaning of the [Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-192)) as rural fire districts.
**pt 1, note:** Am 2018 No 59, Sch 5.1.