Bush Fires Act 1855 (SA)

No. 21.

An Act to amend An Act to make provision against the datzger of

Bush and other Fires."

[Assented to, June 18, 1 856.1

W HEREAS by an Act passed in thc eighteenth year of Her Preamble. Majesty, intituled "An Act to make provision against the dan- ger of Bush and other Fires," it was amongst other things enacted, that no fire should be lighted for the burning of stubble, hay, or grass, between the first day of December and the fifteenth day of March, unless between the hours of six and ten in the afternoon: And whereas inconvenience has been found to arise, in certain districts, in consequence of the difficulty of burning stubble within such hours, and it is expcdicnt to give power to Districts Councils to vary the time within which stubble may be burned within their respective Districts: Re it thcrcforc enacted, by the Gowrnor-in-Chief of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-

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1. That every District Council shall have the powcr to alter and District Councilsnla~ altcr tirnc for burning

vary, from time to time, the hours within which fires may be lighted ~ t ~ b b l ~,	&-C.
for the burning of stubble, hay, or grass, within their respective Districts; notice of such alteration being inserted in the South
Australian Government Gazette, and posted at the Court Ilouse,
or some other public place within the district, at least thirty days
before such alteration shall take effect.
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