New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FORESTRY REGULATION 1999 - REG 19

19 Lighting of fire in forestry area to process timber, products or materials

(1) A person must not light, maintain or use a fire in a forestry area, or cause a fire to be lit, maintained or used in such an area, for the purpose of processing timber, products or forest materials, unless the land within a minimum of 30 metres distance (or such other distance as may be specified or allowed by an authorised officer in the particular case) of all points of the site of the fire:

(a) has been cleared of all flammable matter, and

(b) is kept cleared of that material until the fire has been extinguished.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) This clause is subject to clause 20.