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BUSH FIRES REGULATIONS 1954 - REG 24C

BUSH FIRES REGULATIONS 1954 - REG 24C

24C .         Bans for r. 24A(5A), imposing and duration of etc.

        (1)         A bush fire control officer may impose a ban, for the purposes of regulation 24A(5A), in an area if satisfied that the use or operation of any engine, vehicle, plant, equipment or machinery in the area during the period to be specified for the ban would be likely to cause a bush fire or contribute to the spread of a bush fire.

        (2)         A bush fire control officer must impose a ban, for the purposes of regulation 24A(5A), in an area if satisfied that the bush fire behaviour index for the area is or exceeds 40.

        (3)         For the purposes of subregulation (2), the bush fire behaviour index must be worked out —

            (a)         using the “CSIRO Grassland Fire Spread Model”; and

            (b)         using the following input variables —

                  (i)         for fuel condition — “cut/grazed grassland”;

                  (ii)         for fuel load — 4.5 tonnes per hectare.

        (4)         A ban —

            (a)         has effect for the period specified for the ban; and

            (b)         must be published by wireless broadcast and, if practicable, in writing; and

            (c)         may be varied or cancelled by a bush fire control officer by wireless broadcast and, if practicable, in writing.

        (5)         The period specified for the ban must be included in the wireless broadcasts of the ban and in any written publication of the ban.

        [Regulation 24C inserted: Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5565‑6; amended: Gazette 2 Dec 2011 p. 5060; SL 2022/153 r. 7.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 5 Nov 2019 p. 3884.]