THE FOREST AND RURAL FIRES
                           AMENDMENT ACT 1987

                              1987, No. 119



 An Act to amend the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977

                                                             [1 July 1987


   1. Short Title and commencement---(1) This Act may be cited as the
 Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987, and shall be read together
 with and deemed part of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 (hereinafter
 referred to as the principal Act).

   (2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of
 April 1987.

   2. Change of title of Minister and Secretary---(1) The principal Act
 is hereby amended---
   (a) By inserting in paragraph (f) of the definition of the term ``Fire
         Authority'' and in the definition of the term ``Rural Fire
         Mediator'' in section 2 and in sections 5, 6, 8 (1), 9 (b), 12
         (3), 14 (3), 17 (11), 20 (1), 28 (1), 33 (2), 49 (1), 52 (1), 54
         (1), 59 (1), 64 (1) and (2), 67 (1), and 68, after the words
         ``the Minister'' wherever it occurs, the words ``of Forestry'':
   (b) This paragraph amended paras. (a) and (c) of the definition of the
         term ``Principal Fire Officer'' in s. 2 (1) of the principal
         Act.
   (c) This paragraph amended s. 4 (2) of the principal Act.
   (d) This paragraph amended s. 23 (1) (a) (i) and (b) (i) of the
         principal Act.

   (2) This subsection substituted a new definition for the definition of
 the term ``prescribed'' in s. 2 (1) of the principal Act.

   3. This section inserted ss. 3A and 3B in the principal Act.

   4. (a) This paragraph amended s. 7A (1) (a) of the principal Act.
   (b) This paragraph amended s. 7A (1) (b) of the principal Act.

   5. (1) (a) This paragraph amended s. 11 (2) and (4) of the principal
 Act.
   (b) This paragraph amended s. 11 (3), (4), and (6) of the principal
         Act.

   (2) This subsection inserted subs. (2A) in s. 11 of the principal Act.

   6. This section amended s. 15 (2) of the principal Act.

   7. This section amended ss. 19 (1), 30 (2), 52 (1), and 66 of the
 principal Act.

   8. This section amended s. 25 (2) of the principal Act.

   9. This section added para. (j) to s. 67 (2) of the principal Act.


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       The Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 is administered in the
     Ministry of Forestry.

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