CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203D Definitions
CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203D
Definitions203D Definitions
In this Division--
"causing a fire" includes--
(a) lighting a fire, or
(b) maintaining a fire, or
(c) failing to contain a fire, except where the fire was lit by another person or the fire is beyond the control of the person who lit the fire.
"firefighter" means a member of a fire brigade under the Rural Fires Act 1997 or the Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989 or of any other official firefighting unit (including a unit from outside the State).
"spread" of a fire means spread of a fire beyond the capacity of the person who causes the fire to extinguish it.