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Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
sec.117Unauthorised things relating to fires
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### sec.117 Unauthorised things relating to fires
A person must not deposit any of the following in a recreation area—
a lit match, pipe, cigar, cigarette or tobacco;
hot ashes;
a burning or smouldering substance;
a substance or device that ignites on impact or by spontaneous combustion.
Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person depositing a thing mentioned in subsection (1) for—
lighting or using a specified cooking or heating appliance; or
lighting a fire in a barbecue or fireplace provided by the chief executive; or
if a barbecue or fireplace is not provided by the chief executive for the area—lighting a fire in a place that is more than 2m from flammable material.
(sec.117-ssec.1) A person must not deposit any of the following in a recreation area— a lit match, pipe, cigar, cigarette or tobacco; hot ashes; a burning or smouldering substance; a substance or device that ignites on impact or by spontaneous combustion. Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.
(sec.117-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person depositing a thing mentioned in subsection (1) for— lighting or using a specified cooking or heating appliance; or lighting a fire in a barbecue or fireplace provided by the chief executive; or if a barbecue or fireplace is not provided by the chief executive for the area—lighting a fire in a place that is more than 2m from flammable material.
- (a) a lit match, pipe, cigar, cigarette or tobacco;
- (b) hot ashes;
- (c) a burning or smouldering substance;
- (d) a substance or device that ignites on impact or by spontaneous combustion.
- (a) lighting or using a specified cooking or heating appliance; or
- (b) lighting a fire in a barbecue or fireplace provided by the chief executive; or
- (c) if a barbecue or fireplace is not provided by the chief executive for the area—lighting a fire in a place that is more than 2m from flammable material.