sec.145CGranting of permits

sec.145C Granting of permits

A person may apply to the commissioner for a permit to light a fire on any land. The application— may be made orally or in writing; and must include the information prescribed by regulation. The commissioner may grant or refuse to grant an application. Subject to subsection (5) , the commissioner must refuse to grant a permit to light a fire on any land unless satisfied that— reasonable steps have been taken to notify each occupier of adjoining land of the making of the application; and each occupier of adjoining land notified under paragraph (a) has been given a reasonable opportunity to object, orally or in writing, to the granting of the permit. The commissioner may grant a permit without complying with subsection (4) if satisfied that extraordinary circumstances exist for so doing. In this section— occupier of adjoining land see section 145B (5) . s 145C (prev s 65) amd 1996 No. 42 s 21 sch 2 ; 2001 No. 76 s 24 (1) ; 2023 No. 11 s 9 ; 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 40 (2) (sec.145C-ssec.1) A person may apply to the commissioner for a permit to light a fire on any land. (sec.145C-ssec.2) The application— may be made orally or in writing; and must include the information prescribed by regulation. (sec.145C-ssec.3) The commissioner may grant or refuse to grant an application. (sec.145C-ssec.4) Subject to subsection (5) , the commissioner must refuse to grant a permit to light a fire on any land unless satisfied that— reasonable steps have been taken to notify each occupier of adjoining land of the making of the application; and each occupier of adjoining land notified under paragraph (a) has been given a reasonable opportunity to object, orally or in writing, to the granting of the permit. (sec.145C-ssec.5) The commissioner may grant a permit without complying with subsection (4) if satisfied that extraordinary circumstances exist for so doing. (sec.145C-ssec.6) In this section— occupier of adjoining land see section 145B (5) .

• (a) may be made orally or in writing; and
• (b) must include the information prescribed by regulation.
• (a) reasonable steps have been taken to notify each occupier of adjoining land of the making of the application; and
• (b) each occupier of adjoining land notified under paragraph (a) has been given a reasonable opportunity to object, orally or in writing, to the granting of the permit.