71Lighting of fires

71 Lighting of fires

71 Lighting of fires

(1) A person must not do any of the following in the Preserve—

(a) light, maintain or use a fire—

(i) elsewhere than in a fireplace designated for that purpose by the Board, or

(ii) in contravention of a notice erected or displayed by the Board regulating the use of fire in the Preserve, or

(iii) when a total fire ban has been imposed under the Rural Fires Act 1997 in relation to the Preserve,

(b) leave unattended, whether temporarily or otherwise, any fire in a fireplace designated for that purpose by the Board,

(c) fail to call for help to control or extinguish a fire that the person has lit, maintained or used and that is beyond the person’s power to control or extinguish,

(d) handle any flammable substance (such as petrol, matches or cigarettes) in a manner that is likely to cause a fire in the Preserve.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) A person does not commit an offence under this clause for anything done or omitted with the consent of the Board and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject.

(3) A person does not commit an offence under subclause (1) (a) (iii) by doing anything authorised by or under the Rural Fires Act 1997.