Protection of the Environment Operations (Control of Burning) Amendment Regulation 2002 (NSW)

2002 No 705

New South Wales

Protection of the Environment

Operations (Control of Burning)

Amendment Regulation 2002

under the

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Minister for the Environment

Explanatory note

The Protection of the Environment Operations (Control of Burning) Regulation 2000 imposes controls on burning in certain local government areas. It is an offence for a person to burn any vegetation in the open or in an incinerator in a local government area specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 except in accordance with an approval (see clause 7 (2)). The object of this Regulation is to include the local government areas of Maitland and Uralla in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

This Regulation is made under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 and in particular under section 323 (the general regulation-making power) and clause 6 (Open fires or incinerators) of Schedule 2.

Published in Gazette No 149 of 20 September 2002, page 8203	Page 1
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Clause 1	Regulation 2002

Protection of the Environment Operations (Control of

Burning) Amendment Regulation 2002

under the

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Protection of the Environment Operations
(Control of Burning) Amendment Regulation 2002.

2 Amendment of Protection of the Environment Operations (Control of Burning) Regulation 2000

The Protection of the Environment Operations (Control of Burning) Regulation 2000 is amended by inserting “Maitland” and “Uralla” in alphabetical order in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Local government areas in which burning is prohibited).

BY AUTHORITY

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