28. Appeal from notice to make firebreak or escape route or remove
 combustible material---(1) Within 14 days after any notice is given
 under section 27 of this Act, the eligible landholder or owner may
 request the Minister [of Forestry] to appoint a Rural Fire Mediator to
 give in the public interest a final decision regarding the requirements
 of the notice.

   (2) Pending the decision of the Mediator the notice shall be deemed
 suspended.
     Cf. 1955, No. 44, s. 25
       In subs. (1) the words ``of Forestry'' were inserted by s. 2 (1)
     (a) of the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Act 1987.