24Roadside fire protection

24 Roadside fire protection

24 Roadside fire protection

(1) A prescribed authority may, for the purposes of bush fire hazard reduction work—

(a) light a fire on a road, or on the verge of a road, if to do so is consistent with a bush fire management plan applying to the land, and

(b) while the fire is burning, prohibit, direct or regulate the movement of persons, vehicles or animals along a road.

(2) In this section—

prescribed authority means a public authority that has the care, control or management of 1 or more of the following—

(a) a road,

(b) roadside vegetation.