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Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978
21XOffences relating to conduct in a firewood collection area
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21X Offences relating to conduct in a firewood collection area
(1) A person must not, in a firewood collection area during a firewood collection season, cut or take away fallen or felled trees that are visibly hollow.
(2) A person must not, in a firewood collection area during a firewood collection season, cut or take away fallen or felled trees growing moss or fungi.
(3) A person must not, in a firewood collection area during a firewood collection season, cut or take away fallen or felled trees other than during the period—
(a) commencing 30 minutes before sunrise on a day; and
(b) ending 30 minutes after sunset on the same day.
(4) A person must not, in a firewood collection area during a firewood collection season, fell, cut, chop, break off, dent, scrape or push over a standing tree (whether living or dead) that has a diameter of up to 15 centimetres at a height of 1·3 metres above the ground.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(5) A person must not, in a firewood collection area during a firewood collection season, fell, cut, chop, break off, dent, scrape or push over a standing tree (whether living or dead) that has a diameter of 15 centimetres or more at a height of 1·3 metres above the ground.
S. 21Y inserted by No. 46/2012 s. 16.