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Forest and Rural Fires Regulations 2005

(SR 2005/153)

Note

These regulations are administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.

Pursuant to section 67 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

3 Interpretation

Part 1
Fire control organisations

Subpart 1—Rural fire committees

4 Application of subpart 1

Appointment, election, term, resignation, and removal of members

5 Who may be member

6 How membership attained

7 Term of office of appointed committee member

8 Term of office of elected committee member

9 When member ceases to hold office

10 When representative no longer eligible to represent member

11 When member may be removed from office

12 Vacancy may be filled by committee appointing member

13 Powers of member or committee not affected by defect in appointment or election, or vacancy in membership

First meeting of committee

14 First meeting of committee

Committee procedure

15 Procedure generally

16 NRFO may require committee to hold meeting

18 Presiding at meetings

Disclosure of interests of members

20 Disclosure of interest

21 Committee may appoint subcommittees

Financial provisions

23 Accounting records to be kept

24 Committee must prepare financial statements

25 Payments must be authorised

26 Committee must send estimates to NRFA

27 Members' remuneration and allowances

Confidentiality of information

28 Confidentiality of information

Subpart 2—Committee elections

29 Application of subpart 2

30 How election conducted

31 Electoral system to be used

32 Election supervised by electoral officer

33 Duties of electoral officer

34 Who may be candidate for election

35 Who may be elector

Subpart 3—Voluntary rural fire forces

36 Fire Authority may establish voluntary rural fire force

37 Members of voluntary force must be treated as employees of Fire Authority

Subpart 4—Warrants of appointment

38 Warrants of appointment for Principal Rural Fire Officers and Rural Fire Officers

Part 2
Fire control operations

Subpart 1—Fire plans

39 Fire Authority must adopt fire plan

40 Fire plan must be reviewed

41 Fire plan to include policies and procedures to reduce likelihood and consequence of fires

42 Fire plan to include policies and procedures in relation to readiness for fire-fighting event

43 Additional information relating to readiness

44 Fire plan to include policies and procedures for response to fire in district

45 Response systems

46 Fire plan to include policies and procedures for activities following fire event

Subpart 2—Other fire control operations

47 Registration or re-registration as forest area

48 Annual notification of forest area

Notification of fire control measures

49 Notification of fire control measures

50 Permit to light fire in open air

51 Special permit to light fire in open air

52 Fire Authority must erect signs during restricted fire season

53 Fire Authority must erect signs during prohibited fire season

Storage of spontaneously combustible material by industrial operator

54 Storage of spontaneously combustible material by industrial operator

Spark-hazardous engines

55 Spark-hazardous engines treated as being approved for purposes of Act

56 Rural Fire Officer may require owner or operator to make vehicle or machinery available for inspection

Restriction on entry into exotic forests

57 Restriction on entry into exotic forest

58 Fire Authority intending to close entry into exotic forest must consult with NRFA

Processing plant and equipment

59 Fire Authority may require operator of processing plant or processing equipment to obtain fire safety clearance

Part 3
General provisions

Transitional provisions in relation to Forest and Rural Fires Regulations 1979

62 Interpretation

63 Voluntary rural fire forces

64 Warrants of appointment

66 Forest areas

Transitional provision in relation to Rural Fire District Regulations 1980

68 Rural fire committees

Explanatory note

Gazette information