13Designated fireplaces and fireplace areas

13 Designated fireplaces and fireplace areas

(1)  In this regulation –

designated fireplace area means an area of reserved land designated as an area where fires may only be lit within designated fireplaces.

(2)  The managing authority, in any area of reserved land other than reserved land in the classes of nature reserve and private nature reserve, may designate –

(a) fireplaces where fires may be safely lit; and

(b) areas where fires may only be lit within designated fireplaces.

(3)  A person must not light a fire in a designated fireplace area except within a designated fireplace.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(4)  Subregulation (3) does not apply to the lighting of a fuel stove.