Careless Use of Fire Act 1942 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

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No. 1 of 1942.

AN OKPINANCE

To amend the Careless Use of Fire Ordinance

1936-1940.*

BE it ordained by the Governor-General in and over the Executive Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Commonwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal	Seal, of Government Accept,nice Act 1909-1938 and the Seal of
| Government (Administration)	Act 1910-1940. as follows:—

1.— (1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Careless Use of shorttitie

Fire Ordinance 1942. agitation

(2.) The Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1936-1940 is in this

(>rdinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance,

may be cited as the Careless I'se of Fire Ordinance 1936-1942.

omitting the word "Boa rd" and inserting in its stead the word r1"'Council- 2. Section five a of the Principal Ordinance is amended by secretary to

" Council".

adding, at the end of sub-section (2.), the words "or, in the rwef'pire0'	3. Section five N of the Principal Ordinance is amended by iwersand
absence of any of these officers, by any member of the Council ".	control offlwr.
inserting in sub-section (1.), after the word "Controller" (last bê iabieToV0	4. Section five o of the Principal Ordinance is amended by fire control
occurring), the words "or member of the Council.".	damage done

° ' in exercise nf
powers.

t>20«.—PRICE 3D.

5. Section ten of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the

^following section inserted in its stead :—

"10.— (1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordi- Lighting

nance, the owner of any land may burn any inflammable material {JH^g.,^
(including wood, straw, stubble, grass and herbage) which is on purpows-

his land—

(a) where the land is within the City Area—during day-

light on any day'—

(i) during the period commencing on the first day of March and ending on the thirty-first day of October in any year—if he keeps the fire within his land, takes suitable measures to keej) it under constant control and ex- tinguishes it at night fall; and

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 15th January. 1942.

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(ii) during any other period—after he has obtained from the Chief Officer of the Canberra Fire Brigade a written permit so to do and upon compliance with such conditions as are specified in the permit; or

(b) where the land is outside the City Area—on any day—
(i) during the period commencing on the first day
of March and ending on the thirty-first day
of October in any year—after he has cleared
of inflammable materials the land around
the inflammable material to be burnt for a
distance of not less than the prescribed dis-
tance, or, if no distance has been prescribed,
for a distance of not less than sixty-six feet
in every direction therefrom, and has given
to every occupier of land contiguous to that
on which he intends to burn the inflammable
material not less than twenty-four hours

previous notice in writing of his intention

so to do; and

(ii) during the period commencing on the first day of November in any year and ending on the last day of February in the following year and during any other period in any year which the Council specifies by notice in the Gazelle and in a newspaper circulating in tlie Territory—after he has obtained from the Chief Fire Control Officer a written permit so to do. and upon compliance with such conditions as are specified in the permit.

" (2.) The owner of any land who burns any inflammable
material on his land otherwise than in accordance wirh the pro-

visions of the last preceding sub-seetion shall be guilty of an

offence.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.".

Dated this fourteenth day of January. 1942.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command.

J. 8. COLLTNGS

Minister of State for the Interior.

Iiv Authority: L. K. JOHNSTON. Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.