FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 66B Offences as to having clear areas around certain campfires or barbeques
FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 66B
Offences as to having clear areas around certain campfires or barbequesS. 66B(1) amended by No. 40/2020 s. 33.
(1) A person must not light, kindle or maintain a campfire or barbeque, that uses solid fuel and that is in the open air in a regulated fire area or on any licensed water frontage that is not State forest, unless the ground and airspace within a distance of 3 metres from the outer perimeter and uppermost point of the fire are clear of flammable material.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
S. 66B(2) amended by Nos 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 41), 40/2020 s. 33.
(2) A person must not light, kindle or maintain a campfire or barbeque, that uses liquid fuel, gaseous fuel or chemical solid fuel and that is in the open air in a regulated fire area or on any licensed water frontage that is not State forest, unless the ground and airspace within a distance of 1∙5 metres from the outer perimeter and uppermost point of the fire are clear of flammable material.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
S. 66C inserted by No. 82/2009 s. 36.