71Entry to land to extinguish fire

71 Entry to land to extinguish fire

(1) Subsection (2) applies if: (a) an adjoining owner (the first adjoining owner) has cleared all of the land on his or her side of a dividing fence of combustible matter for a distance of 6 metres from the fence; and (b) the other adjoining owner in relation to the fence (the second adjoining owner) has not cleared all of the land on his or her side of the fence of combustible matter for a distance of 6 metres from the fence; and (c) an unattended fire on the land of the second adjoining owner has approached a distance that unreasonably endangers or threatens the first adjoining owner’s land or any fence or property on the first adjoining owner’s land. (2) The first adjoining owner may: (a) enter the land of the second adjoining owner; and (b) take all necessary steps to extinguish the fire.