BUSH FIRES REGULATIONS 1954 - REG 39C
BUSH FIRES REGULATIONS 1954 - REG 39C
39C . Welding and cutting apparatus, use of in open air
(1) A person shall not
operate —
(a)
welding apparatus of any kind; or
(b)
power operated abrasive cutting discs of any kind,
in the open air,
unless —
(c) at
least one fire extinguisher is provided at the place where the welding or
cutting operation is carried out; and
(d) the
place referred to in paragraph (c) is surrounded by a firebreak which is
at least 5 m wide.
[(2) deleted]
(3) A bush fire
control officer may, subject to the directions, if any, of the local
government by which he was appointed, issue to a person operating —
(a)
welding apparatus referred to in subregulation (1)(a); or
(b) a
power operated abrasive cutting disc referred to in subregulation (1)(b),
or to the owner or
occupier of the land upon which those operations are carried on, such
directions as he considers necessary for the prevention of fire on that land
and the person, owner or occupier, as the case may be, shall comply with those
directions.
(4) This regulation
does not apply to hot work (as defined in regulation 24AA) that is
prescribed under regulation 24E.
[Regulation 39C inserted: Gazette
12 Nov 1982 p. 4463; amended: Gazette 22 Dec 1998
p. 6857 and 6858; 5 Nov 2019 p. 3897.]