16Authorised burning for bush fire hazard reduction and training fire fighters

16 Authorised burning for bush fire hazard reduction and training fire fighters

16 Authorised burning for bush fire hazard reduction and training fire fighters

Burning matter is authorised for the purposes of this Division if the burning is carried out—

(a) under the authority of, and in accordance with, a bush fire hazard reduction certificate issued under the Rural Fires Act 1997, or

(b) to instruct in methods of fire fighting by a person acting in an official capacity as—

(i) an officer or member of a fire fighting authority, or

(ii) a fire control officer of the NSW Rural Fire Service, or

(iii) an industrial fire control officer.