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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Emergencies, fire control, industry brigades, water supply, and evacuation schemes - Operational functions, duties, and powers - Fire seasons

56: Prohibited or restricted fire seasons

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"Rules for When You Can or Can't Light Fires Outdoors"

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You can find information about fire seasons on public conservation land. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) can declare a prohibited or restricted fire season for any area by public notice. FENZ can also amend or revoke these declarations. You need to know what type of fire season is in place for your area. If it is not prohibited or restricted, it is an open season. FENZ can impose restrictions on lighting fires in open air during a restricted fire season. There are rules about lighting fires in open air on public conservation land during a restricted fire season. You can only light a fire if you have a permit granted under regulations made under section 190. This helps keep you and others safe.

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Part 2Emergencies, fire control, industry brigades, water supply, and evacuation schemes
Operational functions, duties, and powers: Fire seasons

56Prohibited or restricted fire seasons

  1. FENZ may, by public notice, declare, for any area,—

  2. a prohibited fire season:
    1. a restricted fire season.

      1. An area that is not in a prohibited or restricted fire season is in an open season.

      2. FENZ may, by public notice, amend or revoke a declaration that it has made under subsection (1).

      3. FENZ may, by public notice, impose restrictions on the lighting of fires in open air on public conservation land that is in an area that is in a restricted fire season.

      4. A restriction under subsection (4) applies to the lighting of fires in open air other than in accordance with a permit granted under regulations made under section 190.

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