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Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977  052
Commenced: 1 Apr 1979
II: Fire Control Operations
Control of Lighting of Fires in Open Air
22   Restricted or prohibited fire seasons




   22. Restricted or prohibited fire seasons---(1) The Governor-General
 may, by Order in Council constituting a rural fire district or by any
 subsequent Order in Council, specify any restricted or prohibited fire
 season or seasons in the district or in any specified part or parts of
 the district and may at any time and from time to time in the same
 manner cancel or vary any such season or seasons.

   (2) In addition to any fire season or seasons that may be specified
 under subsection (1) of this section for a rural fire district, any Fire
 Authority may, by notice published in a newspaper circulating in the
 locality to which the notice relates, specify any restricted or
 prohibited fire season or seasons in its district or in any specified
 part or parts of its district, and may in like manner at any time and
 from time to time cancel or vary any such season or seasons.
     Cf. 1955, No. 55, s. 19
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