8Application of Part

8 Application of Part

8 Application of Part

(1) This Part does not apply to the carrying out of emergency bush fire hazard reduction work.

(2) This Part does not apply to the burning of a prohibited plant or prohibited drug to destroy the plant or drug in accordance with the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985.

(3) This Part does not apply to the burning of biosecurity matter or a carrier to minimise or eliminate a biosecurity risk if the burning is carried out by—

(a) an authorised officer exercising functions under the Biosecurity Act 2015, or

(b) a person authorised or required to carry out the burning under that Act.

(4) In this section—

emergency bush fire hazard reduction work has the same meaning as in the Rural Fires Act 1997.

Note—

The Act, section 133 further enables the EPA to prohibit the burning of fires in the open or in incinerators. Other legislative controls also regulate the lighting of fires—see the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, the Local Land Services Act 2013 and the Rural Fires Act 1997.