82Offence to conduct aerial burning unless authorised by permit

82 Offence to conduct aerial burning unless authorised by permit (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person intentionally lights a fire by deploying an incendiary device from an aircraft in flight; and

Part 4 Controls on fire activities in zones and areas Division 4 Controls in fire management areas Bushfires Management Act 2016 35 (b) the fire is within a fire management zone; and (c) the person is not authorised by a permit to light the fire by that method and is reckless in relation to that circumstance. Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years. (2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(b). (3) For this section, a person is only authorised by a permit to do a thing if any conditions set out in the permit for the doing of that thing are complied with. Division 4 Controls in fire management areas