INQ163

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Review of Bushfire Arson Laws (NSW)
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Legislation, Policy and Criminal Law Review Division Attorney General’s Department
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Recommendations for this Inquiry

INQ-ref REC-UID CODE SubCode SrcNUM Recommendation
INQ163 REC163-1934 A - Responsibility 19 - Offences Recommendation 1

The prescribed penalty notice penalty amount for section 100(2) of the Rural Fires Act 1997 be increased to $1,100.

INQ163 REC163-1935 A - Responsibility 19 - Offences Recommendation 2

The prescribed penalty notice penalty amount for section 99(6) of the Rural Fires Act 1997 be increased to $1,100.

INQ163 REC163-1936 A - Responsibility 19 - Offences Recommendation 3

The prescribed penalty notice penalty amount for section 66(7) of the Rural Fires Act 1997 be increased to $1,100.

INQ163 REC163-1937 A - Responsibility 19 - Offences Recommendation 4

That the Attorney General’s Department’s Crime Prevention Division consider the causes of, and any solution to, the high number of juveniles involved in causing bushfires.

INQ163 REC163-1938 E - Agency Organisation 12 - EM agency and authority Recommendation 5

That appropriate officers of the Rural Fire Service be granted the same powers as granted to officers of NSW Fire Brigades under section 19 of the Fire Brigades Act 1989.

INQ163 REC163-1939 C - Response 2 - Emergency powers Recommendation 6

That the Rural Fires Act 1997 be amended to provide to designated Fire Investigation Officers of the Rural Fire Service the power to enter any land upon which a bushfire has occurred for the purposes of investigation for a period of up to 24 hours after a fire has been declared out.

INQ163 REC163-1940 A - Responsibility 19 - Offences Recommendation 7

That legislation be prepared by the Criminal Law Review Division of the Attorney General’s Department allowing designated officers of the Rural Fire Service to apply for a warrant in certain circumstances.

INQ163 REC163-1941 A - Responsibility 19 - Offences Recommendation 8

A working group be established to consider methods of preventing criminal firestarting.