South Australian Numbered Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT 2005 (NO 40 OF 2005) - SECT 76

76—Functions of district committees

        (1)         A district bushfire prevention committee has the following functions:

            (a)         to assess the extent of fire hazards within its area;

            (b)         to advise the appropriate authorities of the existence of fire hazards within its area and to make recommendations in relation to their removal;

            (c)         to prepare plans for bushfire prevention within its area;

            (d)         to consult with other committees in adjacent areas and to co-operate with any regional bushfire prevention committee whose region includes its area;

            (e)         to advise the council or councils, the Chief Officer, the Advisory Committee, any regional bushfire prevention committee whose region includes its area, and any other appropriate authority, on bushfire prevention in its area;

            (f)         to carry out any other functions assigned to the committee by the regulations.

        (2)         A district bushfire prevention committee must, in the preparation of bushfire prevention plans under subsection (1)(c), take into account proper land management principles.

Subdivision 3—Fire prevention officers