New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 51

51 Functions of Bush Fire Management Committees

(1) A Bush Fire Management Committee has such functions as are conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(1A) A Bush Fire Management Committee must, within 2 months after the end of each financial year, report to the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee on implementation of each bush fire risk management plan and fire access and fire trail plan in force for the rural fire district or other part of the State for which the Bush Fire Management Committee is constituted.

(2) A Bush Fire Management Committee is to have regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 in carrying out any function that affects the environment.