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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

58: Fire in open air during restricted fire season

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"No outdoor fires allowed during restricted fire seasons, unless you have a permit."

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You must not light a fire in open air when it is a restricted fire season. You can light a fire if you have a permit from the regulations made under section 190 and you follow the conditions of the permit. You can also light a fire on public conservation land if you follow the rules under section 56(4). If you break this rule on purpose or by being careless, you can get in trouble. You might have to go to prison for up to 2 years or pay a fine of up to $300,000, or both, if you are an individual. If you are not an individual, you might have to pay a fine of up to $600,000.

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

58Fire in open air during restricted fire season

  1. A person must not light or allow another person to light a fire in open air in an area that is in a restricted fire season.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who lights or allows another person to light a fire in the area—

  3. in accordance with—
    1. a permit granted under regulations made under section 190; and
      1. any conditions of the permit; or
      2. on public conservation land to which a restriction under section 56(4) applies, in accordance with the restriction.

        1. A person commits an offence if the person knowingly or recklessly contravenes subsection (1).

        2. A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction,—

        3. in the case of an individual, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or to a fine not exceeding $300,000, or both:
          1. in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $600,000.

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