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Bushfires Management Act 2016
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69 Prohibition etc. by notice
(1) The Minister may, by public notice, if satisfied that the prohibition or
requirement is necessary for the protection from bushfire of land
within a fire protection zone, prohibit or require the doing of an act
on the land, and within the period, as specified in the notice.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a notice under that subsection may:
(a) require the owner or occupier of land within a fire protection
zone to establish a firebreak on the land of a kind specified in
the notice; and
(b) provide that the owner or occupier of land must obtain the
approval of Bushfires NT for any firebreak established on the
land under the notice.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) does not affect the requirement to
obtain a permit for the lighting of a fire in order to create, by
burning, a firebreak required by the notice.
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a notice has been issued under subsection (1); and
(b) the person intentionally engages in conduct; and
Part 4 Controls on fire activities in zones and areas
Division 1 Controls in fire protection zones
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(c) the conduct results in a contravention of the notice and the
person is reckless in relation to the result.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for
2 years.
(5) Strict liability applies to subsection (4)(a).