New Zealand Legislation: Acts

6 Specially protected property

• (1) The National Rural Fire Authority may, by notice in the Gazette,—

  • (a) Specify or describe property or the nature of property for the special safeguarding of which any Fire Authority or Fire Authorities may be concerned in any district or districts:

  • (b) Provide for powers, duties, responsibilities, expenses, restrictions, and other requirements appropriate to fire control in respect of such property.

  (2) The National Rural Fire Authority may in like manner from time to time amend any notice made pursuant to this section, or at any time revoke any such notice.

  (3) The National Rural Fire Authority shall consult with the owner of the relevant property and adjacent landowners and every Fire Authority affected by the proposed notice before exercising its powers under this section.

  (4) Any person who infringes any safeguard or other fire control measure provided for in any notice made under this section commits an offence against this Act.

  Section 6 was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 2(1)(a) Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 119), by inserting the words “of Forestry” after the word “Minister”, wherever it occurs.

  Sections 4 to 6 were substituted, as from 1 January 1991, by section 4 Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 137). See section 37 of that Act for the transitional provisions.