BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 20
BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 20
20 . Regulations as to restricted burning times
(1) The Governor may
make regulations prescribing the conditions under which bush may be burnt
under section 18.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made —
(a)
requiring a person who intends to burn bush to give notice to such persons as
are specified in the regulations and prescribing the matters to be included in
the notice and the methods by which the notice may be given;
(b)
prescribing the precautions to be taken before a fire is lit, and whilst it is
alight, in order to keep it under control and to prevent it from spreading
beyond the land in respect of which a permit to burn has been obtained under
section 18;
(c)
prescribing, by reference to fire danger forecasts issued by the Bureau of
Meteorology in Perth, the days on which a person may set fire to the bush.
(3) Regulations may be
made under this section —
(a) so
as to apply throughout the State or in any specified part or parts of the
State;
(b) so
that different regulations apply to different parts of the State.
[Section 20 inserted: No. 65 of 1977 s. 16.]
[Heading inserted: No. 25 of 2009 s. 7.]