(1) Every application
such as is mentioned in regulation 18 shall be sent or delivered so as to
be received by the authorised officer at least 7 days prior to the day
for which the permit is sought and shall be accompanied by such fee, not
exceeding $20.00, as the local government may, by local law, from time to time
prescribe.
(2) The authorised
officer shall, after the receipt of an application to burn clover, enter upon
and inspect the land in respect of which the permit is sought and, upon being
satisfied that the burning can be conducted with safety, may, subject to the
succeeding provisions of this regulation and the provisions of
regulations 20 and 21, issue a permit in the form of Form 5 in the
Appendix.
(3) The authorised
officer shall specify in a permit the day, not being a Sunday and not
necessarily the day for which the permit was sought, on which burning is
authorised and shall, subject to subregulation (4), specify such time
between the hours of 4 p.m. and midnight, as he thinks fit or as the
local government may, from time to time, direct, at which burning may be
commenced.
(4) The FES
Commissioner may, by notice in the Government Gazette authorise the issue of
permits for the burning of clover, in any district or part of a district, at a
time prior to 4 p.m. and, in that event a permit may, subject to the
directions of the local government for that district or that part of a
district, specify a time prior to 4 p.m. for the commencement of burning.
[Regulation 19 inserted: Gazette
26 Feb 1965 p. 707; amended: Gazette 10 Mar 1978
p. 706; 22 Dec 1998 p. 6854 and 6858;
10 Jan 2003 p. 32; 31 Oct 2012 p. 5251‑2.]