132Regulations

132 Regulations

[Section 132 Subsection (3) amended by No. 22 of 1983, s. 8 ][Section 132 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 132 Subsection (3) amended by No. 75 of 1994, s. 9 ]**[Section 132 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 1995, s. 105 ]

(1)  The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Commission, make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1) , the regulations may –

(a) require, in prescribed cases, a burner, incinerator, furnace, or other engine or appliance for the burning of wood waste or other flammable materials that is used or installed in or on premises used as a sawmill or factory, and any chimney, smoke-stack, exhaust-pipe, or other outlet used in connection with such a burner, incinerator, furnace, or other engine or appliance, to be equipped, as prescribed, with a prescribed device for arresting sparks;

(b) require internal combustion engines to comply with prescribed requirements with regard to the emission of sparks or exhaust material likely to cause fires or to be equipped with specified devices for the arrest, suppression, or prevention of the emission of any such sparks or materials;

(c) prohibit the use of anything referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) that is not equipped as prescribed or does not comply with prescribed requirements;

(d) regulate, or prohibit the lighting, maintenance, or use in the open air of fires for the purpose of burning or destroying flammable materials or any rubbish or waste produced on any premises or deposited in any place, and prescribe the precautions to be taken by a person by whom such a fire is lit, maintained, or used for any such purpose;

(e) prescribe the requirements to be complied with, or authorize the Commission or such persons as may be prescribed to give directions as to the requirements to be complied with, in respect of the disposal of flammable materials resulting from the operations of a sawmill, factory, or other prescribed premises;

(f) regulate or prohibit the operation of engines, motors, or machines (whether stationary or fixed on, or used for the propulsion of, a vehicle), or of any equipment, apparatus, or device in the operation of which combustion takes place or sparks or other materials are, or may be, emitted that are likely to cause fires, either generally or during fire permit periods or on days of total fire ban;