(1)  The Commission, with the approval of the Minister, may by public notice declare any day, or any period specified in the notice, to be a fire permit period throughout the State or in respect of parts of the State.

(2)  The Commission, with the approval of the Minister, may by public notice –

(a) declare that a fire permit period has commenced throughout the State or in any specified parts of the State; and

(b) declare that that fire permit period has ended.

(3)  Where a fire permit period is declared pursuant to subsection (1) , the Commission shall take such steps as it considers necessary or as may be prescribed for the purpose of giving publicity to the declaration.

(4)  For the purpose of this section, public notice means a notice published in a daily newspaper published in the State that circulates in the part of the State to which the notice relates.