Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00912:reg:60a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00912
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 60A
Character Range: 62204–62898

60A  Roadside fire protection
 (1) This section applies to a public authority that has the care, control or management of a road, or of vegetation on the side of a road.
 (2) The public authority may, for the purposes of bush fire hazard reduction work, light a fire on the road, or on the verge of the road, if doing so is consistent with the bush fire management plan.
 (3) If the public authority lights a fire under subsection (2), the authority may, while the fire is burning, prohibit, direct or regulate the movement of persons, vehicles or animals along the road or along another road of which the authority has the care, control or management.

Division 3—Bush fire hazard complaints