BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 24G

BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 24G

24G .         Minister or local government may further restrict burning of garden refuse

        (1)         On the recommendation of the FES Commissioner the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , prohibit or impose restrictions on the burning of garden refuse that is otherwise permitted under section 24F.

        (2)         A local government may, by notice published in the Gazette and a newspaper circulating in its district, prohibit or impose restrictions on the burning of garden refuse within its district that is otherwise permitted under section 24F.

        (3)         A person must not burn garden refuse contrary to a prohibition or restriction imposed under this section.

        Penalty: $3 000.

        (4)         In a notice under this section the Minister or a local government must specify —

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

            (b)         the area in which; and

            (c)         the period during which,

                the notice applies.

        (5)         The Minister or a local government may vary or cancel a notice under subsection (1) or (2) by publishing a further notice under the relevant subsection.

        [Section 24G inserted: No. 38 of 2002 s. 24; amended: No. 22 of 2012 s. 55.]