192ADesignated bushfire prone areas

192A Designated bushfire prone areas (1) The Minister may determine that an area which is subject, or which is likely to be subject, to bushfires is a designated bushfire prone area. (2) A determination under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette, and takes effect on the later of— (a) the day of publication; or (b) any later day specified in the determination. (3) The Minister must prepare a map that describes all areas that are designated from time to time as bushfire prone areas by any determination under subsection (1). The map prepared for the purpose of this subsection, including the map as amended from time to time, will be published on the Land Channel website www.land.vic.gov.au. (4) If the Minister alters a designated bushfire prone area or creates a new designated bushfire prone area in a determination under subsection (1), the Minister must, as soon as practicable after making the determination, amend the map prepared under subsection (3) to describe the altered designated bushfire prone area or the new designated bushfire prone area (as the case requires). (5) The Minister must give a copy of any map prepared under this section to the Authority. (6) The Authority must make a copy of any map given to the Authority under subsection (5) available without charge for inspection by members of the public during business hours at the Authority. (7) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after preparing any map under this section, give a copy of the map to each council in respect of which a designated bushfire prone area described by the map is wholly or partially within the council's municipal district. (8) A council must make a copy of the most recent map given to it under subsection (7) available for inspection by members of the public without charge during business hours at the office of that council. S. 192B inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 56.