75Lighting fires for land clearance or fire breaks in bush fire danger period

75 Lighting fires for land clearance or fire breaks in bush fire danger period

A person commits an offence if: (a) the person lights a fire on land, for the purpose of land clearance, back burning or burning a fire break; and (b) the person is not carrying out land clearance or back burning, or burning a fire break, as an authorised member of a fire fighting authority; and (c) the person lights the fire during the bush fire danger period; and (d) the person: (i) is not authorised to light the fire by a fire permit; or (ii) fails to comply with any conditions set out in a fire permit authorising the person to light the fire.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months, or 60 penalty units, or both.