New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 92

92 Conditions of permit

(1) A fire permit is subject to:

(a) the condition that it be carried by the holder of the fire permit at the time a fire authorised by the permit is lit, and

(a1) any condition imposed by a bush fire hazard reduction certificate or as a condition of any approval, consent or other authority given by or under any other Act that is required to be obtained in relation to the lighting of a fire, and

(b) such conditions as are prescribed by the regulations or specified in the permit.

Note: A fire permit might, for example, include a condition that any fire lit in a rural fire district or fire district be lit under the supervision of the rural fire brigade or fire brigade for the district or an officer of the brigade or a fire control officer.

(2) A person who, being the holder of a fire permit, contravenes any condition of the fire permit is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.