43Using a barbecue or public fireplace

43 Using a barbecue or public fireplace

(1) For the purposes of regulation 42(2)(a), a person may light or maintain a fire in a barbecue in a recreational area if—

(a) the person is in an area within the recreational area that has been set aside as an area in which the lighting and maintaining of a fire in a barbecue is permitted; and

(b) the fuel used to light or maintain the fire is fuel that the barbecue is designed and manufactured to use; and

(c) the barbecue is placed in a stable position; and

(d) the person ensures that the fire is contained in the barbecue.

(2) For the purposes of regulation 42(2)(b), a person may light or maintain a fire in a public fireplace in a recreational area if the person—

(a) is in an area within the recreational area that has been set aside as an area in which the lighting and maintaining of a fire in a public fireplace is permitted; and

(b) ensures that the fire is contained in the public fireplace.

(3) The managing Authority for a recreational area may set aside an area within that recreational area as an area in which a person may light or maintain—

(a) a fire in a barbecue during a period in which there is no fire restriction in force for the recreational area; or

(b) a fire in a public fireplace during a period in which there is no fire restriction in force for the recreational area.