South Australian Numbered Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT 2005 (NO 40 OF 2005) - SECT 91

91—Duty to report unattended fires

        (1)         A person who finds an unattended fire on land in the country must immediately take such steps as are reasonably practicable to notify a member of SACFS, a member of SAMFS, a government officer or a police officer of the existence and location of the fire.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (2)         In this section—

"government officer" means—

            (a)         an officer of the National Parks and Wildlife Service; or

            (b)         an officer or employee of the South Australian Forestry Corporation; or

            (c)         any other person of a class prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

Subdivision 7—Supplementary provisions