(1) In this section
incendiary material means hot or burning ash, cinders, hot furnace refuse, or
any combustible matter that is burning.
(2) A person shall not
use a motor vehicle, or cause it to be used, for the carriage of incendiary
material unless —
(a) it
is used with a metal container that totally encloses, and prevents the escape
of, the incendiary material; and
(b) it
is used in accordance with and subject to any directions or requirements of a
local government, a bush fire control officer, a bush fire liaison officer, or
an authorised CALM Act officer that apply to the carriage of incendiary
material.
Penalty: $1 000.
(3) A person shall not
deposit incendiary material, or cause it to be deposited, on any land unless
—
(a) it
is deposited with the prior approval of the bush fire control officer of the
local government for the district in which the land is situated; and
(b) it
is deposited in accordance with and subject to any directions or requirements
of a local government, a bush fire control officer, a bush fire liaison
officer, or an authorised CALM Act officer that apply to the land; and
(c) it
is deposited on a part of the land that is immediately surrounded by a
fire-break cleared of all bush and other inflammable material to a width of at
least 3 m.
Penalty: $1 000.
[Section 27D inserted: No. 101 of 1969 s. 7;
amended: No. 94 of 1972 s. 4 (as amended: No. 83 of 1973 s. 3); No. 65 of 1977
s. 47 and 48; No. 8 of 1987 s. 8; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 38 of 2002
s. 40(1).]