Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

BUSHFIRE ACT 1936 (REPEALED) - SECT 9A

Except if section 7A (1) applies—

        (a)     a person may use a heating appliance in which heat is provided by the combustion of liquefied petroleum gas or by the use of electricity for the purpose of cooking food or heating liquids anywhere in the open air on land, whether unleased land the property of the Commonwealth or land held under a lease from the Commonwealth or in fee simple, if the area around the appliance for a distance of not less than 3m is cleared of flammable material; and

        (b)     a person may light, use or maintain a fire in the open air on unleased land the property of the Commonwealth—

              (i)     if the land is within a built-up area—in the fireplaces that are provided by the Commonwealth or are approved by the fire commissioner; and

              (ii)     if the land is outside a built-up area—in the fireplaces that are approved by the chief fire control officer or by the council; and

        (c)     a person may, subject to sections 6 and 7 (a), light, use or maintain a fire in the open air on unleased land the property of the Commonwealth, being land outside a built-up area, other than in a fireplace referred to in paragraph (b) (i) or (ii), for the purpose of cooking food or heating liquids—

              (i)     after he or she has obtained from the chief fire control officer a written permit to do so, and on compliance with the conditions specified in the permit; and

              (ii)     after he or she has cleared of flammable material the land around the place where the fire is to be lit, used or maintained for a distance of not less than 3m.