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Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 (Act No. 52).

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This Act, consisting in 4 Parts, is divided as follows: Title (sects. 1-3); Rural Fire Districts (4-6); Fire Authorities (7-17); Fire Prediction and Fire Control Measures (18-19); Control of Lighting of Fires in Open Air (20-24); Control of Spread of Fire to State Areas, Forest Areas, and Specially Protected Property (25-26); Miscellaneous Precautions Against Outbreaks of Fire (27-34); Fire Surpression (35-40); Fire Control Finance (41-54); General Provisions (55-70).
Title
Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 (Act No. 52).
Country
New Zealand
Type of document
Legislation
Date of text
2013
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Title abbreviation
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the safeguarding of life and property by the prevention, detection, control, restriction, suppression and extinction of fire in forest and rural areas and other areas of vegetation.
Glossary term(s)
institution building
ECOLEX region
Oceania
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/nze3328.pdf
Link to full text
http://www.legislation.govt.nz