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Reserves Act 1977

Miscellaneous provisions - Infringement offences

105I: Damage by fire

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"No lighting fires in reserves without permission to prevent damage"

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You must not light a fire on any land, including the foreshore, a public road, or a highway, without permission from the Minister, the Commissioner, or the administering body. If you do light a fire, you must make sure it does not spread and destroy any bush or natural growth in the reserve or damage the reserve. You need permission to light a fire to avoid damaging the reserve.

If you are renting or have a licence for land in a reserve, you must not light a fire without permission from the Minister, the Commissioner, or the administering body. This rule is to protect the reserve from damage caused by fires. You must get permission before lighting a fire on the land you are renting or have a licence for.

If you light a fire without permission and it damages the reserve, you will commit an infringement offence, as stated in the Reserves Act 1977, which was amended by the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Infringement offences

105IDamage by fire

  1. A person must not, without being authorised by the Minister, the Commissioner, or the administering body (as the case may require), light or permit to be lit on any land (including the foreshore, a public road, or a highway) a fire that spreads into and destroys any bush or natural growth in the reserve or damages the reserve in any way.

  2. A lessee or licensee of any land in a reserve must not without being authorised by the Minister, the Commissioner, or the administering body (as the case may require), light or permit to be lit on that land a fire that destroys any bush or natural growth in the reserve or damages the reserve in any way.

  3. A person who fails to comply with this section commits an infringement offence.

Notes
  • Section 105I: inserted, on , by section 41 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).