(1) Any person
desirous of burning plants that are declared pests as defined in the
Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 section 6, or the
refuse of such plants, during the prohibited burning times shall lodge an
application signed by him in the form of Form 10 in the Appendix with the
authorised officer within whose district the burning is to take place for a
permit to burn the plants or refuse.
(2) An application
under subregulation (1) may be accepted in the form of a letter if the
full information required by Form 10 is supplied in the letter.
(3) A permit to burn
plants or plant refuse under the provisions of this Division shall be in the
form of Form 11 in the Appendix.
(4) The authorised
officer issuing a permit to burn plants or plant refuse under the provisions
of this Division may incorporate in that permit any requirements and
directions that he may consider necessary relative to the burning and the
holder of the permit shall observe and carry out those requirements and
directions.
(5) Where a local
government issues directions to an authorised officer as to the manner in
which or the conditions under which permits to burn plants or plant refuse
under the provisions of this Division shall be issued in the district of the
local government by that officer, he shall comply with those directions.
[Regulation 36A inserted: Gazette
10 Mar 1978 p. 707; amended: Gazette 22 Dec 1998
p. 6858; 5 Feb 2013 p. 835.]