South Australia

Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (Lighting of Fires) Amendment Bill 2005

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Act 1978.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Act 1978

3 Insertion of section 24A

24A Lighting of fires prohibited unless authorised

4 Amendment of section 27—Regulations

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (Lighting of Fires) Amendment Act 2005.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Act 1978

3—Insertion of section 24A

After section 24 insert:

24A—Lighting of fires prohibited unless authorised

(1) A person must not, without the authorisation of the Director under this section, light or maintain a fire on any land vested in, or placed under the control of, the Board.

Maximum penalty: Division 6 fine or division 6 imprisonment.

(2) The Director may, on application made by a person in such manner as the Director may require, authorise the lighting of a fire by the person in a barbecue, stove or other receptacle on prescribed land.

(3) An authorisation under this section—

(a) may be subject to such conditions as the Director thinks fit; and

(b) may be varied or revoked by the Director at any time.

(4) In this section—

prescribed land means any of the following land vested in, or placed under the control of, the Board:

(a) the land known as Wittunga Botanic Gardens in Blackwood;

(b) the land known as Botanic Park in Adelaide;

(c) any other land prescribed by regulation.

4—Amendment of section 27—Regulations

Section 27(2)(i)—delete paragraph (i)