Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_309
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 309
Character Range: 857708–859594

309       National Aerial Firefighting Program                                                                                                                 To fund a national firefighting body to provide, in association with the States and Territories, the national aerial firefighting program, including:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) to procure, maintain and coordinate a fleet of specialised firefighting aircraft, to be used by the States and Territories in combating bushfires across Australia; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) to fund costs directly or indirectly associated with procuring, maintaining or coordinating those aircraft; and
                                                                                                                                                               (c) to develop national protocols and systems for aerial firefighting.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and that cannot otherwise be carried out for the benefit of the nation; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) taken in, or in relation to, a Territory.