Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply to the commissioner (orally or in writing) for a permit to light a fire on any land.
(2) The commissioner may grant or refuse to grant an application.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the commissioner must refuse to grant a permit to light a fire on any land unless satisfied--
(a) that reasonable steps have been taken to notify every occupier of adjoining land (within the meaning of section 64) of the making of the application; and
(b) that a reasonable opportunity has been given to every occupier so notified to object (orally or in writing) to the granting of the permit.
(4) The commissioner may grant a permit without complying with subsection (3) if satisfied that extraordinary circumstances exist for so doing.