NSWIn ForceAct
Rural Fires Act 1997
Part 4Bush fire prevention
Start here
Get a plain-English read of Part 4
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Rural Fires Act 1997.
# Part 4 Bush fire prevention
Part 4 Bush fire prevention
Note.
Part 4 deals with the prevention and minimisation of the spread of bush fires throughout the State. It provides for bush fire hazard reduction work and vegetation clearing work to be done, for limitation of the lighting of fires without a permit during bush fire danger periods and the imposition of total fire bans. It imposes responsibilities on the owners and occupiers of land and public authorities in relation to these and other matters.
**pt 4, note:** Am 2014 No 32, Sch 1 \[5\].