12Indoor fires prohibited unless harm minimised

12 Indoor fires prohibited unless harm minimised (1) A person commits an offence if the person lights, uses or maintains a fire in a place other than in the open air. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the person takes all steps that are practicable and reasonable to prevent any environmental harm caused, or likely to be caused, by the emission of pollutants into the air from the fire; or (b) if prevention is not reasonably practicable—the person takes all steps that are practicable and reasonable to minimise any environmental harm caused, or likely to be caused, by the emission of pollutants into the air from the fire.