17Lighting of fires

17 Lighting of fires

17 Lighting of fires

(1) A person must not in a park—

(a) light, maintain or use a fire—

(i) if there are fireplaces designated for that purpose by a park authority—elsewhere than in such a fireplace, or

(ii) if there are no fireplaces designated for that purpose—elsewhere than in a temporary fireplace situated at least 4.5 metres from any log or stump and at least 1.5 metres from any other flammable material, or

(iii) in any case—in contravention of a notice erected or displayed or given to a park user by a park authority regulating the use of fire in the park, or

(iv) when a total fire ban has been imposed under the Rural Fires Act 1997, or

(b) leave unattended, whether temporarily or otherwise—

(i) any fire in a fireplace designated for that purpose by a park authority, or

(ii) any fire in any other place, or

(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, or

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

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

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

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