(1) Where it appears
to a bush fire control officer for a district to be necessary or expedient to
postpone the burning of clover on a day, or during any period of a day, for
which the fire danger forecast issued by the Bureau of Meteorology in Perth in
respect of the locality where the clover proposed to be burnt is situated is
“catastrophic” or “extreme”, he may, by wireless
broadcast from a radio station giving broadcast coverage to the district, by
publication in a newspaper circulating in the district, or by written notice
or oral direction given to any person or persons, subject to such direction as
may be given by the local government, direct that, notwithstanding any permit
to burn clover, clover shall not be burnt in the district on that day or
during that period.
(2) A person shall not
burn or permit or suffer the burning of clover contrary to a direction given
under subregulation (1).
[Regulation 21B inserted: Gazette
4 Jun 1970 p. 1473; amended: Gazette 22 Dec 1998
p. 6856, 6858; 1 Dec 2009 p. 4832.]