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PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 285
Exemption for fire brigades and other emergency services
285 Exemption for fire brigades and other emergency services
(1) A person is not guilty of an offence against this Act or the regulations
for any act or omission if it was done or omitted in good faith as a member of
a fire brigade, a rural fire brigade, the State Emergency Service or other
accredited rescue unit.
(2) This section has effect despite anything in this
Act.
(3) In this section--
"accredited rescue unit" has the same meaning as it has in the
State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 .
"rural fire brigade" has the same meaning as it has in the Rural Fires Act
1997 .
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