New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FORESTRY REGULATION 2009 - REG 19

19 Extinguishing fire in forestry area

(1) A person who lights a fire in a forestry area must not leave the site of the fire, temporarily or otherwise, unless:

(a) the fire is extinguished, or

(b) another person has undertaken to remain at that site to tend or extinguish the fire, or

(c) an authorised officer directs or permits the person to leave the site of the fire.

(2) A person does not contravene subclause (1) merely because he or she leaves the site of the fire temporarily in order to report the escape or escalation of the fire to an employee of the commission or to obtain help.

(3) A person who lights a fire in a forestry area must, if directed to do so by an authorised officer, take all reasonable steps to extinguish the fire.

(4) A person who lights a fire in a forestry area must, if the fire escapes from the site at which it was lit or escalates so as to endanger any other person or any property, immediately take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that the fire is extinguished.

(5) A person who contravenes a provision of this clause is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.