The council has to make rules to help stop fires that involve plants and vegetation from spreading. You need to know that these rules are called bylaws. The council made these bylaws to prevent fires, but this particular part of the law is no longer in effect because it was repealed on 1 July 2003 by section 266 of the Local Government Act 2002, which you can find more information about at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM174092. This means the council does not have to make these bylaws anymore.