New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Except where otherwise specified by this Act or by the terms of the measure, any fire control measure requiring to be notified in any manner—
(a) may as expedient be published in the affected locality by notice in a newspaper, broadcast, announced by loud hailer or other public speaking system, communicated by notice board or personal message, or given in any other effective manner approved or confirmed by the National Rural Fire Officer or a Fire Authority:
(b) shall, where it relates to the acts of a specified person, be issued to and in the name of that person, and may in other cases be issued in general form.
(2) Except where otherwise provided by this Act or by the terms of the measure, every fire control measure requiring, authorising, directing, ordering, permitting, restricting, or prohibiting any act or omission—
(a) shall come into force immediately it is approved, made or given:
(b) shall remain in force until it lapses or expires or is cancelled or revoked:
(c) shall take effect according to its tenor notwithstanding any current open season in any district or part of a district:
(d) may relate to or be limited to any sufficiently described area, structure, or property, or to any specified time or period of time of day or night, or be expressed to continue indefinitely:
(e) may from time to time be amended, cancelled, or revoked, whether by a similar measure or otherwise:
(f) shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by any Act, regulation, or bylaw, and may contain such further conditions as the Fire Authority, Fire Officer, or other issuing, approving, or consenting person considers to be in the public interest for the purposes of fire control.
(3) Every fire control measure carried out in respect of any land, structure, or vegetation shall have regard to any relevant national or regional policy statements, regional or district plans, or regulations made under the Resource Management Act 1991.
Section 19(1)(a): amended, on 1 January 1991, by section 14 of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 137).
Section 19(3): substituted, on 1 October 1991, by section 362 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (1991 No 69).
