BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 27A

BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 27A

27A .         Regulation of blasting and matters likely to create bush fire danger

        (1)         The Governor may make regulations —

            (a)         regulating —

                  (i)         the use of any materials for the purpose of blasting, including explosives and fuses;

                  (ii)         the carrying out in the open air of any process or operation specified in the regulations as being a process or operation likely to create a bush fire danger,

                either generally or in any locality or localities specified in the regulations or during any period or periods specified in the regulations;

            (aa)         providing that preparations for, or the carrying out of, blasting or any other process or operation specified in the regulations shall be in accordance with the directions, and to the satisfaction of, a bush fire control officer, officer of a bush fire brigade, or authorised CALM Act officer;

            (b)         prescribing as the penalty for a breach of any regulation so made a maximum penalty of $10 000.

        (2)         The provisions of subsection (1) are in addition to and not in derogation of those of section 61.

        [Section 27A inserted: No. 35 of 1957 s. 6; amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 65 of 1977 s. 26 and 48; No. 8 of 1987 s. 8(1); No. 38 of 2002 s. 39 and 40(2).]