New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RURAL FIRES REGULATION 2002 - REG 27

27 Burning garbage and refuse

(1) A person must not light a fire to destroy garbage or refuse at a garbage depot unless the site of the fire is surrounded by ground that is clear of all combustible matter for a distance of at least 30 metres.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not light a fire to destroy household garbage or refuse otherwise than at a garbage depot unless the fire is lit:

(a) in an incinerator designed to prevent the escape of sparks and burning material, or

(b) in accordance with the conditions set out in a permit issued by the appropriate authority,

and, in any case, unless the site of the fire is surrounded by ground that is clear of all combustible matter for a distance of at least 5 metres.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) Nothing in subclause (1) or (2) affects the operation of any law that prohibits or regulates the lighting of fires.