BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 24E

BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 24E

24E .         Burning of garden refuse at rubbish tips

        (1)         A person must not burn garden refuse at a rubbish tip during the limited burning times for the area in which the tip is located unless it is burned in accordance with a notice published under subsection (2).

        Penalty: $10 000.

        (2)         On the recommendation of the FES Commissioner the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , permit the burning of garden refuse at a rubbish tip during the limited burning times for the area in which the tip is located.

        (3)         In a notice under subsection (2) the Minister —

            (a)         must specify —

                  (i)         the person or class of persons to whom; and

                  (ii)         the area in which; and

                  (iii)         the period during which,

                the notice applies; and

            (b)         may impose such conditions on the burning of garden refuse as the Minister considers appropriate.

        (4)         The Minister may vary or cancel a notice under this section by publishing a further notice.

        [Section 24E inserted: No. 38 of 2002 s. 24; amended: No. 22 of 2012 s. 54.]