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BUSHFIRES MANAGEMENT ACT 2016 (NO 14 OF 2016) - SECT 75

Matter not to be thrown

    (1)     A person commits an offence if:

    (a)     the person throws, from a vehicle or otherwise, a thing that is burning or smouldering; and

    (b)     the place where the thing is thrown is:

        (i)     within a fire protection zone; or

        (ii)     within a fire danger area during a fire danger period; and

    (c)     the place where the thing lands is within 4 m of any bush or other flammable material.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

    (3)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.



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