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Country Fire Authority Act 1958
39EProhibition of high fire risk activities
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39E Prohibition of high fire risk activities
S. 39E(1) amended by Nos 5/2012 s. 28, 20/2019 s. 71.
(1) A person must not—
(a) conduct; or
(b) engage in the conduct of—
a high fire risk activity in the open air in an area of Victoria during a fire danger period in respect of the area except in accordance with the regulations.
(2) Regulations made under this Act may—
(a) prescribe an activity to be a high fire risk activity for the purposes of this section;
S. 39E(2)(b) amended by No. 20/2019 s. 71.
(b) prescribe conditions subject to which a person may conduct or engage in the conduct of a high fire risk activity specified in the regulations in the open air in an area of Victoria during a fire danger period in respect of the area;
(c) provide that a person may conduct or engage in the conduct of a high fire risk activity specified in the regulations in the open air in the country area of Victoria during a fire danger period in accordance with a permit granted under the regulations which permits that specified high fire risk activity.
s. 41, 5191
s. 29, 5651 s. 2(1)(h).
S. 40 amended by Nos 6726 s. 2, 6956
s. 11(a)–(c), 7877 s. 21(b), 8019 s. 10(b)(i) (iii), 8614
s. 3(a)(b)(i)(ii) (c), 9178 s. 7, 9389 ss 2(a) (i)(ii)(b)(c), 4(a)(ii), 9488
s. 2(b), substituted by No. 10004 s. 9.