13. Fire Officers and other employees---(1) In each district other
 than a State area the Fire Authority shall appoint one or more suitable
 persons as a Rural Fire Officer or as Rural Fire Officers. Where there
 are 2 or more Rural Fire Officers one shall be appointed as Principal
 Rural Fire Officer.

   (2) The Fire Authority for each district other than a State area may
 appoint or employ all such other officers and employees as it deems
 necessary for the purposes of this Act.

   (3) In each State area the Minister [of Conservation] may appoint one
 or more suitable persons as a Rural Fire Officer or Rural Fire Officers,
 and may appoint one Rural Fire Officer as Principal Rural Fire Officer.
 Every [warranted officer appointed under section 59 (1) of the
 Conservation Act 1987] shall be a Rural Fire Officer for every State
 area, and (where no Principal Rural Fire Officer has been appointed for
 the area) shall have all the powers of a Principal Rural Fire Officer in
 respect of the area.

   (4) Deputies of officers and employees may be appointed under this
 section or under section 14 of this Act.

   (5) Any Fire Authority may in its discretion allocate to its officers,
 employees, and servants such responsibilities as may from time to time
 appear to it appropriate and necessary.
     Cf. 1955, No. 44, s. 13

       In subs. (3) the words ``of Conservation'' were inserted, and the
     words in the second set of square brackets were substituted for the
     former words, by s. 65 (1) of the Conservation Act 1987.