New Zealand Legislation: Acts

11A Fire safety margins

• (1) The Minister of Conservation must carry out fire control measures within a fire safety margin attached to a State area.

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1),—

  • (a) the Minister of Conservation—

    • (i) has the powers, duties, and immunities of a Fire Authority; and

    • (ii) must carry out the duties of a Fire Authority as if—

      • (A) the fire safety margin were a part of a State area; and

      • (B) the Minister were the Fire Authority for the State area; and

  • (b) the officers and employees of the Director-General of Conservation—

    • (i) have the powers, duties, and immunities of the officers and employees of a Fire Authority; and

    • (ii) must carry out the duties of the officers and employees of a Fire Authority within the fire safety margin.

  Section 11A: inserted, on 17 May 2005, by section 4 of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 53).