19. Fire control measures---(1) Except where otherwise specified by
 this Act or by the terms of the measure, any fire control measure
 requiring to be notified in any manner---
   (a) May as expedient be published in the affected locality by notice
         in a newspaper, broadcast, announced by loud hailer or other
         public speaking system, communicated by notice board or personal
         message, or given in any other effective manner approved or
         confirmed by the [Secretary of Forestry] or a Fire Authority:
   (b) Shall, where it relates to the acts of a specified person, be
         issued to and in the name of that person, and may in other cases
         be issued in general form.

   (2) Except where otherwise provided by this Act or by the terms of the
 measure, every fire control measure requiring, authorising, directing,
 ordering, permitting, restricting, or prohibiting any act or omission---
   (a) Shall come into force immediately it is approved, made or given:
   (b) Shall remain in force until it lapses or expires or is cancelled
         or revoked:
   (c) Shall take effect according to its tenor notwithstanding any
         current open season in any district or part of a district:
   (d) May relate to or be limited to any sufficiently described area,
         structure, or property, or to any specified time or period of
         time of day or night, or be expressed to continue indefinitely:
   (e) May from time to time be amended, cancelled, or revoked, whether
         by a similar measure or otherwise:
   (f) Shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by any
         Act, regulation, or bylaw, and may contain such further
         conditions as the Fire Authority, Fire Officer, or other
         issuing, approving, or consenting person considers to be in the
         public interest for the purposes of fire control.

   (3) Every fire control measure carried out in respect of any land,
 structure, or vegetation shall have regard to any relevant
 Proclamations, Orders, regulations, or bylaws made under the Soil
 Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 or the Water and Soil
 Conservation Act 1967.

       In subs. (1) (a) the words ``Secretary of Forestry'' were
     substituted for the word ``Director-General'' by s. 7 of the Forest
     and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987.