(1) The Minister may, by public notice, if satisfied that the prohibition or requirement is necessary for the protection from bushfire of land within a fire protection zone, prohibit or require the doing of an act on the land, and within the period, as specified in the notice .
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a notice under that subsection may:
(a) require the owner or occupier of land within a fire protection zone to establish a firebreak on the land of a kind specified in the notice; and
(b) provide that the owner or occupier of land must obtain the approval of Bushfires NT for any firebreak established on the land under the notice.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) does not affect the requirement to obtain a permit for the lighting of a fire in order to create, by burning, a firebreak required by the notice.
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a notice has been issued under subsection (1); and
(b) the person intentionally engages in conduct; and
(c) the conduct results in a contravention of the notice and the person is reckless in relation to the result.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(5) Strict liability applies to subsection (4)(a).