Rural Fires Regulation 2022

A person becomes a member of a Bush Fire Management Committee—

by invitation from the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee, or

by nomination or inclusion under section 19(3).

Unless the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee decides otherwise, the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee must invite the following persons to become members of a Bush Fire Management Committee—

2 persons nominated by each local authority whose area comprises land in the Bush Fire Management Committee’s area (the area), being—

1 senior representative of the local authority, for example, the Mayor or a councillor of a local authority that is a council, and

1 person with responsibilities for the performance of the local authority’s functions in relation to the environment or bush fire management,

a person nominated by each of the following organisations and groups as being in charge of the organisation’s or group’s affairs in the area—

the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales,

Fire and Rescue NSW,

the NSW Police Force,

each distribution network service provider listed in the Electricity Supply Act 1995, Schedule 3 that has a distribution district comprising land in the area,

each local board for a Local Land Services region, within the meaning of the Local Land Services Act 2013, comprising land in the Bush Fire Management Committee’s area,

persons employed in the Department who are principally involved in the administration of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,

persons employed in the Department who are principally involved in the administration of the Crown Land Management Act 2016,

at least 1 person nominated by Transport for NSW as being in charge or, if more than 1 person is nominated, together jointly in charge of Transport for NSW’s affairs in the area,

a person nominated by the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales,

not more than 2 persons chosen by rural fire brigades operating in the area,

a rural landholder, who holds land in the area, nominated by—

the NSW Farmers' Association, or

if the Association does not nominate a rural landholder within a reasonable time as decided by the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee—the local authority for the area,

a person nominated by each Local Aboriginal Land Council for a Local Aboriginal Land Council area comprising land located in the area,

any other person or persons approved by the Bush Fire Co-ordinating Committee.