Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00619:reg:40
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00619
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 40
Character Range: 41648–43054

40  Lighting fires
 (1) A person must not light, maintain or use a fire on Aboriginal Land while a total fire ban declared by the Council is in force.
 (2) A person must not light, maintain or use a fire on Aboriginal Land other than by using:
 (a) a gas barbecue or stove; or
 (b) a barbecue operated by either or both of wood and heat beads; or
 (c) a fireplace provided by the Council; or
 (d) a fireplace of a kind approved by the Council; or
 (e) another object approved by the Council.
 (3) For subsection (2), if the person uses:
 (a) any form of heat bead within a gas barbecue or stove; or
 (b) a barbecue operated by either or both of wood and heat beads;
the person must ensure that a hose, connected to a tap and in working order, is available in the immediate vicinity of the barbecue or stove in order to control the fire.
 (4) A person who lights, maintains or uses a fire must not leave the fire unattended.
 (5) A person who lights or uses a fire for cooking or heating must not use any fuel that is prohibited under the Management Plan to be used in that part of Aboriginal Land.
 (6) A person who lights, maintains or uses a fire must ensure that the fire is extinguished completely when the fire is no longer required.
 (7) A contravention of subsection (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) is an offence.
 (8) The Council must publish notice of the effect of subsection (1) on its website.