RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 85 Definitions

New South Wales Consolidated Acts

Definitions

In this Division:
"appropriate authority", in relation to a fire permit in respect of land, means:

(a) in the case of land in a rural fire district-the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service,

(c) in the case of land in a fire district-the Commissioner of NSW Fire Brigades.

"land clearance" means clearing land of bush, stubble, scrub, timber, trees, grass or vegetative or other material.
"light" a fire includes:

(a) maintain or use a fire, and

(b) cause a fire to be lit, maintained or used.