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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.]