75—District bushfire prevention committees
(1) A rural council,
or 2 or more rural councils acting together, must, by notice in the Gazette,
establish a district bushfire prevention committee in relation to its area or
their areas.
(2) A district
bushfire prevention committee will consist of—
(a) the
fire prevention officer or officers of the council or councils; and
(b) the
following persons appointed by the council or councils:
(i)
1 representative of each SACFS brigade operating in the
area or areas, selected in accordance with the regulations; and
(ii)
2 representatives of the council, or of each council; and
(iii)
if there is a reserve (or part of a reserve) administered
under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 within the area or
areas—an officer of the National Parks and Wildlife Service nominated by
the Minister responsible for the administration of that Act; and
(iv)
if there is a forest reserve (or part of a
forest reserve) within the area or areas—a nominee of the Minister with
primary responsibility for forests; and
(v)
any person nominated under subsection (3).
(3) The council or
councils may, at the request of the district bushfire prevention committee,
appoint to the committee a nominee of any other organisation or agency that,
in the opinion of the committee, should be represented on the committee.
(4) The council or
councils may appoint a suitable person to be a deputy of a member of a
district bushfire prevention committee.
(5) A council may, by
notice in the Gazette, dissolve a district bushfire prevention committee
established under this section (but in that event the council must undertake,
or participate in, the establishment of a new committee).
(6) The Chief Officer
may, after consultation with a rural council, exempt a council from a
requirement of this section.
(7) Schedule 4 applies
in relation to a district bushfire prevention committee.