Queensland Consolidated Acts

RECREATION AREAS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 117

117 Unauthorised things relating to fires

(1) A person must not deposit any of the following in a recreation area—

(a) a lit match, pipe, cigar, cigarette or tobacco;

(b) hot ashes;

(c) a burning or smouldering substance;

(d) a substance or device that ignites on impact or by spontaneous combustion.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person depositing a thing mentioned in subsection (1) for—

(a) lighting or using a specified cooking or heating appliance; or

(b) lighting a fire in a barbecue or fireplace provided by the chief executive; or

(c) if a barbecue or fireplace is not provided by the chief executive for the area—lighting a fire in a place that is more than 2m from flammable material.