Charcoal burning in restricted or prohibited burning times, notice to be given of
23 Charcoal burning in restricted or prohibited burning times, notice to be given of
Every person proposing to light a fire or fires for the conversion of any bush into charcoal at any time during the restricted burning times or prohibited burning times in every yearly period as provided for in section 25(1)(b) of the Act shall, at least 7 days before lighting the fire, give notice in writing of the intention to the local government in whose district the land on which the fire is to be lit is situate, and, in the event of the land on which the fire is to be lit being within 3 km of a State forest, to the local forest officer.
The notice shall specify the land on which the burning is to take place and the period during which the fire is to be kept burning.
The local government, through its bush fire control officer or the local forest officer as the case may be, may, within the period specified in subregulation (1), direct that such further measures or precautions be taken, as in the opinion of the bush fire control officer or forest officer, are considered necessary to prevent the fire from spreading or escaping, and when the bush fire control officer or forest officer has given the directions, the fire shall not be lit until the directions have been complied with.
[Regulation 23 amended: Gazette 12 Jul 1974 p. 2612; 10 Mar 1978 p. 706; 22 Dec 1998 p. 6855 and 6858.]
Part VA — Total fire ban
[Heading inserted: Gazette 1 Dec 2009 p. 4832; amended: Gazette 5 Nov 2019 p. 3880.]
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