60. Measures by local authorities and public bodies to remove certain
 fire hazards---Any local authority or other public body which owns or
 controls any land on which any vegetation is growing may, in its
 discretion, subject to the provisions of any other Act, do all or any of
 the following things:
   (a) Take measures, on land which it owns or (with the consent of the
         landholder in occupation or the owner if there is no such
         occupation) on any other land either within or beyond its
         jurisdiction, to avoid or remove or reduce fire hazards which
         may endanger the vegetation:
   (b) Enter into contracts, agreements, or arrangements, whether under
         section 14 or section 16 of this Act or otherwise, for any such
         purpose as aforesaid:
   (c) Expend money for any such purpose as aforesaid.
     Cf. 1955, No. 44, s. 56