Australian Capital Territory

bushfire act 1936
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Updated as at 23 March 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
part I—preliminary
	1.	Short title
	3.	Interpretation
	4.	Relationship with Environment Protection Act 1997
part II—administration
	4A.	Inspectors—appointment
	5.	Identity cards
	5AA.	Power of entry
	5AB.	Display of identity cards
	5AC.	Directions
	5AD.	Administrative review of directions
part III—bush fire council
	5A.	Bush Fire Council
	5B.	Members of the Bush Fire Council
	5C.	Council meetings
	5D.	Term of appointment
	5E.	Removal from office as member
	5F.	Vacation of office as member
	5FA.	Deputies of members of Council
	5G.	Secretary to the Council
	5H.	Powers of the Council
part IV—rural firefighting service
	5K.	Rural Firefighting Service
	5KA.	Fire Control Manual
	5L.	Fire Districts
	5M.	Firefighters—appointment and powers
	5N.	Chief Fire Control Officer—appointment and powers
	5P.	Indemnity for firefighters
	5Q.	Damage by fire
	5R.	Firefighters from outside the Territory
part V—controlled activities
	5S.	Prevention of fires
	6.	Penalty for setting fire to growing crops etc.
	7.	Lighting fires in plantations etc.
	7A.	Days of acute fire danger
	7B.	Exemption permits
	8.	Smoking prohibited in or near plantations
	9.	Penalty for not extinguishing fire
	9A.	Use of cooking appliances and fires on Commonwealth land
	10.	Lighting fires for burning-off
	10AA.	Lighting of fires etc. in the open for cooking and other purposes
	10AB.	Penalty for burning-off or lighting fires except as authorised
	10A.	Fires to be notified
	10B.	Discharge of live coals from motor vehicles
	10C.	Causing fire by use of motor vehicles
	11.	Damage by fire to dividing fence
part VI—bushfire-prone government land
	11A.	Interpretation
	11B.	Application to Government land
	11C.	Limited application to National Land and Designated Areas
	11D.	Bushfire fuel management plans
	11E.	Effect of plan
	11F.	Draft plans
	11G.	Public consultation about draft plans
	11H.	Making a fuel management plan
	11J.	Notification and commencement of plan
	11K.	Variation of plan
	11L.	Public inspection of plan
	11M.	Directions by Minister
	11N.	Annual reporting
part VII—miscellaneous
	12.	Payment of expenses of extinguishing fire
	13.	Power to enter on lands
	14.	Persons reasonably suspected to give name and address
	15.	Penalty on persons resisting apprehension
	16.	Rights at common law preserved
	17.	Regulations
Schedule

Australian Capital Territory

bushfire act 1936
An Act relating to bushfire control and for related purposes
Part I—preliminary
1. 	Short title
	This Act may be cited as the Bushfire Act 1936.1
3. 	Interpretation
	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“built-up area” means an area in the Territory declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be a built-up area;
“bushfire brigade” means an organisation established under paragraph 5M (1) (b);
“bushfire brigade member” means a person recruited as such in accordance with subsection 5M (3);
“Chief Fire Control Officer” means the Chief Fire Control Officer appointed under this Act;
“Council” means the Bush Fire Council constituted under this Act;
“Court” means the Magistrates Court;
“emergency volunteer” means a person recruited as such in accordance with subsection 5M (3);
“Fire Brigade” means the Fire Brigade established by the Fire Brigade (Administration) Act 1974;
“Fire Commissioner” means the Fire Commissioner appointed under the Fire Brigade (Administration) Act 1974;
“fire control officer” means a person appointed under paragraph 5M (1) (a);
“inspector” means an inspector under section 4A;
“Manual” means the Rural Fire Control Manual prepared under section 5KA, as varied and in effect from time to time;
“owner”, in relation to a house or building or land, includes the occupier, lessee, tenant or holder of the house, building or land;
“prescribed period” means—
	(a)	a period commencing on 1 January in a year and extending to the last day of February in that year or to such other day in that year as the Council (by notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory) determines; or
	(b)	a period commencing on 1 November in a year, or on such other day in that year as the Council (by notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory) determines, and extending to 31 December in that year;
“Service” means the Rural Firefighting Service established by this Act.
4. 	Relationship with Environment Protection Act 1997
	Subject to subsection 6 (1) of the Environment Protection Act 1997, this Act has effect subject to the Environment Protection Act 1997.

Part II—Administration
4A. 	Inspectors—appointment
(1) 	There may be 1 or more inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
(2) 	The Chief Executive shall create and maintain 1 or more offices in the Government Service the duties of which include performing the functions of an inspector.
(3) 	An inspector shall be any public servant for the time being performing the duties of a Government Service office of inspector referred to in subsection (2).
5. 	Identity cards
(1) 	The Chief Executive shall issue to an inspector an identity card that specifies the inspector’s name and office, and on which appears a recent photograph of the inspector.
(2) 	Upon ceasing to occupy, or to act in, an office of inspector, a person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to return his or her identity card to the Chief Executive.
Penalty:  1 penalty unit.
5AA. 	Power of entry
(1) 	An inspector may enter land outside a built-up area in accordance with a notice under subsection (2) where he or she believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to do so—
	(a)	for the purposes of section 5AC; or
	(b)	for the purposes of ensuring compliance with section 5S.
(2) 	At least 24 hours before an inspector proposes to enter land under subsection (1), he or she shall give written notice to the owner of the land stating the time and purpose of entry.
5AB. 	Display of identity cards
	An inspector who enters land in accordance with section 5AA is not authorised to remain on that land if, on the request of the owner of that land, the inspector does not show his or her identity card to the owner.
5AC. 	Directions
(1) 	If an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that the owner of land outside a built-up area is in breach of subsection 5S (1) with respect to the land, the inspector shall give the owner written directions requiring the owner to take such action as is reasonable in the circumstances to prevent and inhibit the outbreak and spread of fire on that land and to protect property from fire on that land or spreading from that land.
(2) 	In giving directions under subsection (1), the matters to be considered by an inspector include the following:
	(a)	the amount and type of litter, timber or vegetation on the land (whether that timber or vegetation is alive or dead);
	(b)	the amount and type of other flammable materials on the land;
	(c)	climatic conditions affecting the land;
	(d)	the location and use of the land and nearby land;
	(e)	the possible effect of fire on the land and nearby land.
(3) 	Directions given under subsection (1) shall—
	(a)	include a statement of the period for compliance, and the amount of the penalty for noncompliance; and
	(b)	be in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice in force under subsection 25B (1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989.
(5) 	The period for compliance with directions referred to in paragraph (3) (a) shall be not less than 14 days, except where the directions are given on a day or during a period referred to in subsection 7A (1).
(6) 	A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction under subsection (1) within the period specified under paragraph (3) (a).
Penalty for contravention of subsection (6):  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
5AD. 	Administrative review of directions
	Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision by an inspector to give directions under subsection 5AC (1).

Part III—Bush Fire council
5A. 	Bush Fire Council
(1) 	For the purpose of this Act, there shall be a Bush Fire Council.
(2) 	The Bush Fire Council shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property and shall be capable of suing and being sued.
(3) 	All Courts, Judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Council affixed to any document or notice, and shall deem that it was duly affixed.
5B. 	Members of the Bush Fire Council
(1) 	The Council shall consist of not less than 5, nor more than 12, members who shall be appointed by the Minister.
(2) 	The Minister shall appoint from the Council members a Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Council.
(4) 	In the absence of the Chairperson from any meeting, the Deputy Chairperson shall preside and, in the absence from any meeting of both the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson, then the members present shall elect 1 of their number to act as Chairperson of that meeting.
(5) 	A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the Council holding office at the date of the meeting.
(6) 	At any meeting of the Council at which the Chairperson is present, he or she shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of voting, a second or casting vote.
(7) 	If, at any meeting of the Council at which the Chairperson is not present, the members present differ in opinion upon any matter, the determination of that matter shall be postponed till the next meeting of the Council.
5C. 	Council meetings
(1) 	Subject to this section, all meetings of the Council shall be convened by the Chairperson by notice in writing to the other members of the Council, specifying the time and place of meeting.
(2) 	The Minister may, by notice in writing to each member of the Council, direct that a meeting be held at the time and place specified in the notice.
5D. 	Term of appointment
(1) 	Each member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(2) 	Any member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Council shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed.
5E. 	Removal from office as member
	The Minister may, if he or she is satisfied that any member has been guilty of misbehaviour or is incapable of discharging his or her duties, remove that member from office.
5F. 	Vacation of office as member
	In addition to retirement of members by expiration of their term of office or removal from office in accordance with section 5E, the seat of a member shall become vacant upon—
	(a) 	the death, mental incapacity or bankruptcy of the member, or the conviction of the member of an indictable offence;
	(b)	the resignation of the member; or
	(c)	the absence of the member, without leave of the Council, from 2 consecutive meetings of the Council.
5FA. 	Deputies of members of Council
(1) 	The Minister may, in respect of each member of the Council, appoint a person to be the deputy of that member.
(2) 	Any person so appointed shall, in the event of the absence (through illness or otherwise) of the member of whom he or she is the deputy, have all the powers of that member during his or her absence.
5G. 	Secretary to the Council
	There shall be a Secretary to the Council who shall be appointed by the Council.
5H. 	Powers of the Council
(1) 	The Council may take such action as it deems necessary to prevent or control the outbreak or spread of fire and to protect from such outbreak or spread life and property in any part of the Territory, other than a part which is a built-up area, and may, in particular, acquire firefighting equipment, employ workers, organise fire prevention and control associations and distribute literature relating to fire prevention and control.
(2) 	The Council shall exercise its powers and perform its duties in accordance with the Manual.

Part IV—Rural FireFighting service 
5K. 	Rural Firefighting Service
(1) 	The Rural Firefighting Service is established by this Act.
(2) 	The Service consists of the Chief Fire Control Officer and such numbers, respectively, of—
	(a)	fire control officers; and
	(b)	bushfire brigades;
as are determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
(3) 	A determination under subsection (2) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.
(4) 	The Service has the organisation and structure set out in the Manual.
5KA. 	Fire Control Manual
(1) 	Within 6 months after the commencement of the Careless Use of Fire (Amendment) Act 1990, the Council shall prepare a Rural Fire Control Manual containing particulars of all aspects of the operation and organisation of the Service.
(2) 	The particulars in the Manual are to include the following:
	(a)	the organisation and structure of the Service;
	(b)	the powers and duties of fire control officers, bushfire brigade members and emergency volunteers;
	(c)	standards and requirements for the recruitment and training of fire control officers and bushfire brigade members;
	(d)	procedures and conditions for the recruitment of emergency volunteers;
	(e)	equipment requirements and communication specifications for the Service.
(3) 	The Council may prepare variations to the Manual.
(4) 	Upon the written direction of the Minister, the Council shall prepare a variation to the Manual.
(5) 	The Council shall, within 7 days after the Manual or a variation is prepared, submit a copy of the proposed Manual or variation to the Minister.
(6) 	Upon the written direction of the Minister, the Council shall revise the proposed Manual, or a proposed variation, submitted under subsection (5).
(7) 	After the proposed Manual or a proposed variation is submitted under subsection (5), the Minister may approve the proposed Manual or variation.
(8) 	The Manual and each variation are disallowable instruments for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.
(9) 	The Council shall make the Manual available for inspection by the public at the offices of the Council and the Chief Fire Control Officer when those offices are open for business.
(10) 	In this section—
“variation”, in relation to the Manual, includes the revocation of the Manual and its substitution with a new Manual.
5L. 	Fire Districts
	The Council may divide the Territory, other than a part of the Territory which is a built-up area, into Fire Districts.
5M. 	Firefighters—appointment and powers
(1) 	The Council may, in writing—
	(a)	appoint such number of fire control officers; and
	(b)	establish such number of bushfire brigades;
as the Minister determines under subsection 5K (2).
(2) 	The Council may, in accordance with the Manual, appoint fire control officers of various ranks.
(3) 	Bushfire brigade members and emergency volunteer firefighters shall be recruited in accordance with the Manual.
(4) 	In accordance with the Manual, fire control officers, bushfire brigade members and emergency volunteers may exercise such powers, and shall perform such duties, as are specified in the Manual.
5N. 	Chief Fire Control Officer—appointment and powers
(1A) 	The Council may appoint a Chief Fire Control Officer.
(1) 	For the purpose of extinguishing or preventing the spread of any fire in any part of the Territory, other than a fire which is in a built-up area or a building and at which a member of the Fire Brigade is in attendance, the Chief Fire Control Officer shall have and may exercise the following powers and authorities:
	(a)	the control and direction of all workers employed in extinguishing the fire and of any persons who voluntarily place their services at his or her disposal;
	(b)	authority, either alone or with others under his or her control, to enter into any land or premises which may be on fire or in the neighbourhood of any fire for the purpose of taking any steps which he or she deems necessary for the extinguishment or for the prevention of the extension of a fire and he or she may take, or give directions for taking, any firefighting equipment into, through or upon any land or premises which he or she considers convenient for the purpose;
	(c)	power to take measures which in the circumstances are reasonable and appear to him or her necessary or convenient for the protection of life and property and, for the purpose of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire, may, with or without the consent of the owner—
	(i) 	pull down, sever or remove any fence on any land or cause any such fence to be pulled down, severed or removed:
			Provided that, as soon as practicable after any fence has been so pulled down, severed or removed, the Chief Fire Control Officer shall cause the fence to be temporarily repaired in an appropriate manner and shall notify the landowner accordingly;
	(ii)	burn or otherwise destroy or remove any grass, trees, scrub or vegetation on any land; and
	(iii)	remove or cause to be removed any stock on any land and shall, as soon as practicable after such removal, notify the owner accordingly;
	(d)	power to enter or give directions for entering any land or premises and take or cause to be taken water from that land or premises.
(2) 	The Chief Fire Control Officer shall exercise his or her powers and shall perform his or her duties in accordance with the Manual.
5P. 	Indemnity for firefighters
	The Territory shall indemnify a person against liability for damage or personal injury caused either directly or indirectly by—
	(a)	the exercise or purported exercise, in good faith, by that person of a power conferred by or under this Act; or
	(b)	the performance or purported performance, in good faith, by that person of a duty imposed by or under this Act.
5Q. 	Damage by fire
	Any damage referred to in section 5P shall be taken to be damage by fire within the meaning of any policy of insurance against fire covering the property so damaged notwithstanding any clause or condition in any such policy.
5R. 	Firefighters from outside the Territory
(1) 	Where a member of an interstate fire brigade is present at a fire outside a built-up area for the purposes of the control and suppression of that fire, that member shall—
	(a)	obey any orders given for the purpose of the control or suppression of the fire by a person who, by or under this Act, is in charge of the firefighting operations at the fire;
	(b)	place any firefighting equipment in his or her charge at the disposal of that person; and
	(c)	where that member has charge of other members of the interstate fire brigade at the fire and no other person present at the fire is, by or under this Act, in charge of the firefighting operations—have all the powers and duties conferred or imposed by or under this Act on a fire control officer in charge of firefighting operations at such a fire.
(2) 	In this section—
“interstate fire brigade” means a firefighting organisation, by whatever name called, established for any area in a State or another Territory.

Part V—Controlled activities 
5S. 	Prevention of fires
(1) 	The owner of land outside a built-up area shall take such measures as are reasonable in the circumstances to prevent and inhibit the outbreak and spread of fire on that land and to protect property from fire on that land or spreading from that land.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) 	The circumstances referred to in subsection (1) include the following:
	(a)	the amount and type of litter, timber or vegetation on the land (whether that timber or vegetation is alive or dead);
	(b)	the amount and type of other flammable material on the land;
	(c)	climatic conditions affecting the land;
	(d)	the location and use of the land and nearby land;
	(e)	the possible effect of fire on the land and nearby land.
6. 	Penalty for setting fire to growing crops etc.
	A person shall not ignite or use or carry when ignited any flammable material, or remove any live coal, hot ashes or other burning material from any motor vehicle which carries equipment for generating producer gas, within 100 metres of any stacks of corn, pulse, or hay or standing crops in an flammable condition, or within 10 metres of any growing crops, stubble-field, or grass land (the grass being in an flammable condition), or within 25 metres of felled timber awaiting a running fire by which means the property of any other person is endangered, injured, or destroyed.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
7. 	Lighting fires in plantations etc.
	A person shall not, except as otherwise provided by this Act, light, use or maintain any fire in the open air—
	(a)	within any plantation the property of the Commonwealth or any area enclosed by a fence, in which any such plantation is situated, or within 1 kilometre of any such plantation or area; or 
	(b) 	on any unleased land the property of the Commonwealth on which there is any growing timber.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
7A. 	Days of acute fire danger
(1) 	A person shall not light, use or maintain a fire in the open air on a day or during a period in respect of which the Chief Fire Control Officer has caused—
	(a)	to be published in a newspaper circulating in the Territory;
	(b)	to be broadcast from a broadcasting station in the Territory; or
	(c)	to be televised from a television station in the Territory;
a warning of the likelihood of the occurrence of weather conditions conducive to the spread of fires.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) 	Subsection (1) does not apply to—
	(a)	a fire lit pursuant to section 5N;
	(b)	the lighting, maintenance or use of a fire in accordance with the Manual; 
	(c)	subject to subsection (2A), the lighting, maintenance or use of a prescribed class of fire;
	(d)	the lighting, maintenance or use of a fire in accordance with an exemption permit granted under section 7B; or
	(e)	the maintenance of a fire declared by the Minister under subsection (3) to be an exempt fire.
(2A) 	Where the Minister has published, broadcast or televised a warning under subsection (1), the Minister may in like manner publicly notify conditions imposed on the lighting, maintenance or use of a class of fire prescribed under paragraph (2) (c).
(2B) 	A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a condition publicly notified under subsection (2A).
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—10 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—50 penalty units.
(3)  The Minister may, by instrument published in the Gazette, declare a fire to be an exempt fire where—
	(a)	the fire is maintained for a ceremonial or commemorative purpose; 
	(b)	the fire is less than 1 cubic metre in volume; 
	(c)	the surrounding area within a radius of 3 metres from the fire is clear of flammable material; 
	(d)	reasonable steps have been taken to prevent the escape of flame, sparks or burning or incandescent material from the fire; and
	(e)	written consent to the maintenance of the fire has been given by—
	(i)	in the case of a fire in a built-up area—the Fire Commissioner; or
	(ii)	in the case of a fire outside a built-up area—the Chief Fire Control Officer.
7B. 	Exemption permits
(1) 	The Chief Fire Control Officer may, by instrument, permit a person to light, maintain or use a fire or use fireworks in a public place, on a day or during a period referred to in subsection 7A (1).
(2) 	An application for an exemption permit shall be in a form approved by the Chief Fire Control Officer and shall specify—
	(a)	the location of the proposed fire or fireworks;
	(b)	the nature of the proposed fire or fireworks;
	(c)	the date and time of the proposed fire or fireworks; and
	(d)	the safety precautions proposed to be undertaken in relation to the proposed fire or fireworks.
(3) 	For the purposes of making a decision under subsection (1), the Chief Fire Control Officer shall have regard to—
	(a)	the matters specified in paragraphs (2) (a) to (d) (inclusive);
	(b)	the weather conditions forecast for the time of the proposed fire or fireworks;
	(c)	the availability of the Territory’s firefighting resources for the time of the proposed fire or fireworks; and
	(d)	any other matter relating to fire safety that the Chief Fire Control Officer considers relevant.
(4) 	The Chief Fire Control Officer shall not issue an exemption permit in respect of a proposed fire in a built-up area where the Fire Commissioner advises the Chief Fire Control Officer that he or she is of the opinion that the proposed fire would cause an unacceptable danger to a person or property in the built-up area.
(5) 	An exemption permit—
	(a)	may be expressed to be subject to conditions;
	(b)	comes into operation on the date and time specified in the instrument; and
	(c)	unless sooner revoked, remains in effect for such period as is specified in the instrument.
(6)	In this section—
“exemption permit” means a permit granted under subsection (1).
8. 	Smoking prohibited in or near plantations
	Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a person who, during the period commencing on 1 October in any year and ending on 30 April in the following year, smokes or lights any tobacco pipe, cigar or cigarette or any material whatsoever, within any area enclosed by a fence in which is situated any plantation or afforestation reserve belonging to, maintained by or under the control of, the Territory, or within 100 metres of any plantation or afforestation reserve situated within the Cotter River Reserve as described in the Schedule commits an offence.
Penalty:  10 penalty units.
9. 	Penalty for not extinguishing fire
	Any person who, whether temporarily or otherwise, leaves unextinguished any fire which he or she has lit, used or maintained in the open air shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
9A. 	Use of cooking appliances and fires on Commonwealth land
	Except where subsection 7A (1) applies—
	(a)	a person may use a heating appliance in which heat is provided by the combustion of liquefied petroleum gas or by the use of electricity for the purpose of cooking food or heating liquids anywhere in the open air on land, whether unleased land the property of the Commonwealth or land held under a lease from the Commonwealth or in fee simple, if the area around the appliance for a distance of not less than 3 metres is cleared of flammable material;
	(b) 	a person may light, use or maintain a fire in the open air on unleased land the property of the Commonwealth—
	(i)	where the land is within a built-up area—in such fireplaces as are provided by the Commonwealth or are approved by the Fire Commissioner; and
	(ii)	where the land is outside a built-up area—in such fireplaces as are approved by the Chief Fire Control Officer or by the Council; and
	(c)	a person may, subject to section 6 and paragraph 7 (a), light, use or maintain a fire in the open air on unleased land the property of the Commonwealth, being land outside a built-up area, other than in a fireplace referred to in subparagraph (b) (i) or (ii), for the purpose of cooking food or heating liquids—
	(i)	after he or she has obtained from the Chief Fire Control Officer a written permit to do so, and upon compliance with such conditions as are specified in the permit; and
	(ii)	after he or she has cleared of flammable material the land around the place where the fire is to be lit, used or maintained for a distance of not less than 3 metres.
10. 	Lighting fires for burning-off
(1) 	Except where subsection 7A (1) applies, an owner of land may burn any flammable material (including wood, straw, stubble, grass and herbage) which is on his or her land—
	(a)	where the land is within a built-up area—on any day—
	(i)	during any period that is not a prescribed period—if he or she keeps the fire within his or her land and take suitable measures to keep it under constant control; and
	(ii)	during a prescribed period—after he or she has obtained from the Fire Commissioner a written permit so to do and upon compliance with such conditions as are specified in the permit; or
	(b)	where the land is outside a built-up area—on any day—
	(i)	during any period that is not a prescribed period—after he or she has cleared of flammable materials the land around the flammable material to be burnt for a distance of not less than the prescribed distance, or, if no distance has been prescribed, for a distance of not less than 20 metres in every direction from the flammable material, and has given notice of the intended burning in accordance with subsection (2); and
	(ii)	during a prescribed period—after he or she has obtained from the Chief Fire Control Officer a written permit so to do, and upon compliance with such conditions as are specified in the permit.
(2) 	For the purposes of subparagraph (1) (b) (i), the land owner shall, at least 24 hours before burning the material—
	(a)	give written notice of the intended burning to every occupier of land contiguous to that on which the material is to be burnt; and
	(b)	cause notice to be published in a newspaper circulating in the Territory of the intended burning and the potential impact of smoke.
10AA. 	Lighting of fires etc. in the open for cooking and other purposes
	Except where subsection 7A (1) applies, the owner of land within a built-up area may, during a prescribed period light a fire in the open air on the land—
	(a)	at any time for the purpose of cooking food or heating liquids in a properly constructed fireplace;
	(b)	at any time in a properly constructed incinerator designed to prevent the escape of sparks or incandescent material; and
	(c)	between the hours of 7.00 pm of any day and 7.00 am of the next succeeding day if the land has been cleared of all flammable materials for a distance of 4.5 metres in every direction from the site of the fire.
10AB. 	Penalty for burning-off or lighting fires except as authorised
	A person, whether the owner of land or not, shall not, otherwise than in accordance with section 10 or 10AA or as otherwise provided in this Act, burn flammable material or light a fire, or cause or permit flammable material to be burnt or a fire to be lit, in the open air on the land.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
10A. 	Fires to be notified
	During a prescribed period, the owner of any land outside a built-up area or, in his or her absence, any person employed by him or her on that land, shall, immediately he or she becomes aware of an outbreak of fire on that land or on any unleased land the property of the Commonwealth adjacent to that land, notify the Chief Fire Control Officer of the outbreak, and shall, if the outbreak is on the firstmentioned land, use all means in his or her power to extinguish that outbreak.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
10B. 	Discharge of live coals from motor vehicles
(1) 	A person shall not on any street, road, lane or thoroughfare or on any other land, discharge from any motor vehicle any live coals, hot ashes or other burning material from which fire or sparks may be emitted except into water or a fireplace or a hole below the level of the surrounding ground capable of readily and completely receiving the live coals, hot ashes or burning material.
(2) 	A person so discharging live coals, hot ashes or burning material into any such fireplace or hole in the ground shall so saturate with water the matter discharged as to extinguish wholly any fire or sparks.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
10C. 	Causing fire by use of motor vehicles
	A person shall not light a fire, or cause a fire to be lit, in the open air on any land by using a motor vehicle on any street, road or thoroughfare or on any land.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
11. 	Damage by fire to dividing fence
(1) 	If the occupier of any land clears it of flammable materials for the space of 6 metres from any fence dividing that land from the land of any other owner or occupier, and the other owner or occupier neglects or omits so to clear his or her land and any damage from fire happens to the dividing fence through that neglect or omission, the owner or occupier so neglecting or omitting to clear shall at his or her own costs and charges cause the fence to be repaired and re-erected within 1 month after it has been so damaged, or within such extended time as may be allowed by the Court on application made to it in a summary way.
(1A) 	Reasonable notice of any such application shall be given to the occupier who has cleared his or her land.
(2) 	If the owner or occupier so neglecting or omitting to clear refuses or omits to repair or re-erect the fence as prescribed in subsection (1), the owner or occupier of the land contiguous to the fence who has cleared his or her land as prescribed may repair or re-erect the dividing fence.
(3) 	All sums of money which are so expended or laid out under the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be money paid to the use of the owner or occupier in default.

Part VI—bushfire-prone Government land
11A. 	Interpretation
(1) 	In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—
“agency” means—
	(a)	an administrative unit;
	(b)	a Territory owned corporation;
	(c)	a body corporate constituted under section 6 of the Cemeteries Act 1933; or
	(d)	a person or group of persons prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
“bushfire-prone Government land” means land to which this Part applies;
“Designated Area” means an area of land that is a Designated Area under the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth because it has the special characteristics of the National Capital;
“fuel management plan” means a bushfire fuel management plan in force under this Part, as varied from time to time;
“manager”, in relation to an area of bushfire-prone Government land, means the person in charge of an agency whose responsibilities include managing the use of that area by the agency or persons on behalf of the agency.
(2) 	A reference in this Part to the responsibilities of a manager, in relation to an area of bushfire-prone Government land that is National Land or a Designated Area, shall be read as a reference to responsibilities that arise because of an arrangement between the Commonwealth and the Territory.
11B. 	Application to Government land
(1) 	Subject to subsection (2) and section 11C, this Part applies to the following land:
	(a)	unleased Territory Land for which a prescribed use is consistent with the Territory Plan;
	(b)	National Land (other than a Designated Area) for which a prescribed use is consistent with the National Capital Plan or the Territory Plan;
	(c)	a Designated Area for which a prescribed use is consistent with the National Capital Plan.
(2) 	This Part does not apply to a specified area of land exempted from the application of this Part by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.
(3) 	An exemption notice is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989. 
11C. 	Limited application to National Land and Designated Areas
	This Part applies to National Land and Designated Areas of land only in relation to matters for which the Territory has responsibility because of an arrangement with the Commonwealth.
11D. 	Bushfire fuel management plans
	A fuel management plan for an area of land shall include—
	(a)	a description of the area;
	(b)	a description of the neighbouring land uses and the relationships between them and the use of the area to which the plan applies;
	(c)	a detailed assessment of the bushfire hazard potential for the area;
	(d)	a description of any collaborative arrangements for managing bushfires and bushfire fuel in and around the area; 
	(e)	a statement of the bushfire fuel management objectives for the area;
	(f)	a description of the strategies by which the objectives are to be attained;
	(g)	a program for implementing works identified in the plan;
	(h)	a description of the arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the effects of the strategies and works identified in the plan, including the associated reporting arrangements; and
	(j)	any other matter considered relevant by the manager.
11E. 	Effect of plan
(1) 	The manager of an area of bushfire-prone Government land shall ensure as far as practicable that the area is used by the agency, or persons on behalf of the agency, in accordance with the fuel management plan for the area.
(2) 	A fuel management plan has no effect to the extent to which it is inconsistent with any Plan of Management in force under Division 5 of Part V of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 in respect of an area of public land.
11F. 	Draft plans
(1) 	Each manager of an area of bushfire-prone Government land shall ensure that the area is the subject of a draft fuel management plan submitted to the Minister for approval—
	(a)	within 12 months after the commencement of this section; and
	(b)	thereafter at intervals not exceeding 2 years commencing on the day on which the latest fuel management plan for the area was made.
(2) 	The Minister may give a written direction to the manager of an area of bushfire-prone Government land to submit a draft fuel management plan for approval in respect of the area.
(3) 	The manager shall comply with any such direction.
11G. 	Public consultation about draft plans
(1) 	For the purpose of preparing a draft fuel management plan, the manager concerned shall ensure that—
	(a)	submissions about the draft plan are invited by notice published in a newspaper circulating in the Territory; and
	(b)	such other measures are taken as he or she considers appropriate for ascertaining the views of interested persons.
(2) 	The notice shall indicate where and when the draft plan is available for inspection by members of the public.
11H. 	Making a fuel management plan
	On receipt of a draft fuel management plan submitted by virtue of section 11F or paragraph (c), the Minister may—
	(a)	make a bushfire fuel management plan in the form of the draft plan by approving the draft plan in writing;
	(b)	make a bushfire fuel management plan in the form of the draft plan, subject to its being altered in a specified manner, by approving the draft plan, and specifying the alteration, in writing; or
	(c)	remit the draft plan for further consideration in accordance with any direction or recommendation and require the submission of a further draft plan.
11J. 	Notification and commencement of plan
(1) 	A fuel management plan takes effect on the day on which notice of its making is published in the Gazette.
(2) 	The notice shall indicate where and when the plan is available for inspection by members of the public.
11K. 	Variation of plan
(1) 	The manager of an area of bushfire-prone Government land may prepare a draft variation of the fuel management plan for the area for approval by the Minister.
(2) 	Sections 11G, 11H and 11J apply in relation to the draft variation as if it were a draft fuel management plan.
11L. 	Public inspection of plan
	The manager of an area of bushfire-prone Government land shall ensure that a copy of— 
	(a)	a draft fuel management plan in respect of which public submissions have been invited by notice pursuant to section 11G;
	(b)	a draft variation of a fuel management plan in respect of which public submissions have been invited by notice pursuant to sections 11G and 11K; or
	(c)	a fuel management plan in force and to which a notice under section 11J relates;
is available for inspection by members of the public free of charge at the place specified in the notice.
11M. 	Directions by Minister
(1) 	The Minister may give a written direction to the manager of an area of bushfire-prone Government land concerning the observance of the requirements of this Part.
(2) 	The manager shall comply with any such direction.
11N. 	Annual reporting
(1) 	In this section—
“annual report”, in relation to an agency, means—
	(a)	a report under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995 relating to the operations of the agency; or
	(b)	a report under subsection (5) by a manager of the agency.
(2) 	The annual report of an agency shall give an account of the operations of the agency in relation to the fuel management plan for each area of bushfire-prone Government land used by the agency or persons on behalf of the agency.
(3) 	The account shall include such information as the minister directs in writing.
(4) 	The annual report of an agency for a year in which a direction under section 11M is given to a manager of the agency shall include particulars of the direction and the measures taken to give effect to it.
(5) 	Where a report under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995 is not required in relation to the operations of an agency during any part of a financial year, the manager of the agency shall give to the Minister a report in relation to that part of the year.
(6) 	A report under subsection (5) shall be—
	(a)	in such form as the Minister directs in writing; and
	(b)	given to the Minister—
	(i)	within 10 weeks after the end of the year to which it relates; or
	(ii)	if, before the end of the 10 weeks, the Minister approves an extension of the period within which the report is to be given to the Minister—within the extended period.
(7) 	The Minister shall present a report under subsection (5) to the Legislative Assembly.

Part VII—Miscellaneous
12. 	Payment of expenses of extinguishing fire
(1) 	Where the Minister or the Council incurs any expenses or charges in extinguishing or endeavouring to extinguish any fire in or on any house, building or land, or of any personal property in or on any house, building or land, the person who caused the fire and the owner of the house, building, land or property shall be severally and jointly liable to pay to the Territory or the Council, as the case may be the expenses and charges properly so incurred.
(2) 	The expenses and charges payable under this section shall be recoverable by the Territory or the Council, as the case may be before the Court in a summary manner.
(3) 	Where the expenses and charges are paid by or recovered from the person who caused the fire, the liability under this section of the owner of the house, building, land or property shall cease.
13. 	Power to enter on lands
	Where a fire occurs on any land, any public servant or other person authorised by the Minister may enter upon any land for the purpose of inspecting, checking or extinguishing the fire, and may, for the purpose of checking or stopping the progress of the fire, light any other fire on any land.
14. 	Persons reasonably suspected to give name and address
(1) 	A member of the Police Force of the Territory or any forest overseer employed by the Territory, or any inspector, or any person authorised in writing by the Minister or the Council, may require any person committing or reasonably suspected of having committed or of being about to commit an offence against this Act, to give his or her name in full and place of abode.
(2) 	Any person who, after being so required and on production of the necessary authority, refuses or fails to give his or her real name or place of abode, shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty:  5 penalty units.
15. 	Penalty on persons resisting apprehension
	Any person who, being liable to be apprehended for any offence, opposes, resists, or assaults any person apprehending or attempting to apprehend him or her, shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
16. 	Rights at common law preserved
	Nothing in this Act shall take away or interfere with the right of any person to sue for and recover, at common law or otherwise, compensation for or in respect of any damage or injury occasioned by the reckless or negligent use of fire.
17. 	Regulations
	The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act or for the prevention of the occurrence or the spread of fire, and in particular prescribing matters providing for and in relation to—
	(a)	the prohibition of the sale, offering for sale, distribution or use of crude phosphorus or of any matches other than those so made as to strike only on a preparation affixed to the containing box, or a box containing the same description of matches;
	(b)	the manner of mixing, and the use of phosphorus baits for rabbits, and the persons who may sell such baits;
	(c)	the burning of firebreaks on railway lands; and
	(d)	the imposition of penalties, not exceeding—
	(i)	if the offender is a natural person—10 penalty units; or
	(ii)	if the offender is a body corporate—50 penalty units.

	SCHEDULE	(See s 8)
The Cotter River Reserve is the land within the following boundary:
•	from Coree Trigonometrical Station along a line bearing 54 24 for a distance of about 4.425 km to a range that forms the northern watershed of the Cotter River 
•	along that watershed in a generally easterly direction to Trigonometrical Station McDonald
•	along a ridge southerly to the Cotter Weir
•	along the ranges forming the eastern, southern and western watersheds of the Cotter River back to the Coree Trigonometrical Station.

NOTES
1.	The Bushfire Act 1936 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 20, 1936 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
	Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989  (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts.  That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.
2.	The Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 (No. 51, 1996) authorises the Parliamentary Counsel in preparing a law for republication, to make certain editorial and other formal amendments in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  Those amendments make no change in the law.  Amendments made pursuant to that Act do not appear in the Table of Amendments but details may be obtained on request from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Table 1
Table of Ordinances
Ordinance	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Careless Use of Fire Ordinance  1936	20, 1936	14 May 1936	14 May 1936		
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1937	22, 1937	16 Dec 1937	16 Dec 1937	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1940	7, 1940	2 May 1940	2 May 1940	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1942	1, 1942	15 Jan 1942	15 Jan 1942	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1943	1, 1943	14 Jan 1943	14 Jan 1943	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1944	1, 1945	11 Jan 1945	11 Jan 1945	—	
Careless Use of  Fire Ordinance 1946	11, 1946	21 Nov 1946	21 Nov 1946	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1952	1, 1952	25 Jan 1952	25 Jan 1952	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1954	6, 1954	11 Feb 1954	11 Feb 1954	—	
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1959	21, 1959	23 Dec 1959	31 Dec 1959	—	
Ordinances Revision (Decimal Currency) Ordinance 1966	19, 1966	23 Dec 1966	23 Dec 1966	—	
	as
amended
by
36, 1967	

30 Nov 1967	

23 Dec 1966	

—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1967	11, 1967	24 May 1967	24 May 1967	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1971	27, 1971	28 Oct 1971	28 Oct 1971	—	
Careless Use of Fire Ordinance 1974	53, 1974	25 Nov 1974	25 Nov 1974	—	
Ordinances Revision (Metric Conversion) Ordinance 1977	64, 1977	22 Dec 1977	22 Dec 1977	—	
Careless Use of Fire (Amendment) Ordinance 1982	13, 1982	23 Apr 1982 	23 Apr 1982	—	
Careless Use of Fire (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1982	86, 1982	29 Oct 1982	29 Oct 1982	—	
Careless Use of Fire (Amendment) Ordinance 1983	48, 1983	14 Oct 1983	21 Sept 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S364, p. 2)	—

	
Careless Use of Fire (Amendment) Ordinance 1984	60, 1984	2 Nov 1984	18 Sept 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S473)	—
	
Magistrates Court Ordinance 1985	67, 1985	19 Dec 1985	1 Feb 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. G3, p. 265)	—	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	38, 1989	10 May 1989	Ss. 1 and 2:  10 May 1989
Remainder:  11 May 1989 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1989, No. S164)	—	
Remuneration (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 1989
	50, 1989	10 May 1989	10 May 1989	—	
Self-Government day 11 May 1989

Table 2
Table of Acts
Act	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Acts Revision (Arrest Without Warrant) Act 1989	23, 1989	1 Dec 1989	1 Dec 1989	—	
Careless Use of Fire (Amendment) Act 1990	52, 1990	11 Dec 1990	11 Dec 1990	S. 16
	
Acts Revision (Position of Crown) Act 1993	44, 1993	27 Aug 1993	27 Aug 1993 (see s. 2)	—	
Bushfire (Amendment) Act 1993	74, 1993	22 Oct 1993	22 Oct 1993	—	
Mental Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994	45, 1994	7 Sept 1994	7 Sept 1994
Ss. 1 and 2:  7 Sept 1994
Remainder:  6 Feb 1995 (see 
s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1995, No. S33, p. 2)	—	
Administrative Appeals (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994	60, 1994	11 Oct 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  11 Oct 1994
Remainder:   14 Nov 1994 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1994, No. S250)	—	
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1994
	81, 1994	29 Nov 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  29 Nov 1994
Remainder:  29 Nov 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S269, p. 2)	—	
Statutory Offices (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994	97, 1994	15 Dec 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  15 Dec 1994
Remainder:  15 Dec 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S293)	Part III 
(ss. 4-9)	
(Reprinted as at 6 February 1995)	
Bushfire (Amendment) Act 1996	58, 1996	 3 Dec 1996	Ss. 1-3:  3 Dec 1996
Remainder:  3 June 1997	—	
(Reprinted as at 3 June 1997)	
Remuneration Tribunal (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	41, 1997	19 Sept 1997	Ss. 1 and 2:  19 Sept 1997
Remainder:  23 Sept 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S280)	—	
Environment Protection (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997	93, 1997	1 Dec 1997	Ss. 1 and 2:  1 Dec 1997
Remainder:  1 June 1998	—	
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998	54, 1998	27 Nov 1998	Ss. 1 and 2:  27 Nov 1998
Remainder:  9 Dec 1998 (see Gazette 1998, No. 49, p. 1078)	—	
Bushfire (Amendment) Act 1998
	64, 1998	11 Dec 1998	11 Dec 1998	—	
Cotter River Repeal Act 2000	2000 No 7	23 Mar 2000	23 Mar 2000

	—	

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision	How affected

Long title	rs. Act No. 74, 1993
Heading to Part I	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
S. 1	am. Act No. 74, 1993
S. 2	rep 2000 No 7 s 4
S. 2A	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
	rep. No. 44, 1993
S. 3	am. No. 7, 1940; No. 6, 1954; No. 21, 1959; No. 53, 1974;  No. 67, 1985; Act No. 52, 1990; No. 74, 1993; Nos. 60 and 97, 1994
S. 4	rep. No. 21, 1959
	ad. No. 60, 1984
	rs. Act No. 93, 1997
Heading to Part II	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
S. 4A	ad. Act No. 97, 1994
S. 5	am. Act No. 52, 1990; No. 81, 1994
	rs. No. 97, 1994
	am. No. 54, 1998
Ss. 5AA, 5AB	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
S. 5AC	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
	am. No. 74, 1993; Nos. 60 and 81, 1994
S. 5AD	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
	am. No. 60, 1994
Heading to Part III	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
S. 5A	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. No. 13, 1982; No. 50, 1989
S. 5B	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. No. 27, 1971; Act No. 52, 1990; No. 74, 1993
Ss. 5C, 5D	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. Act No. 52, 1990
S. 5E	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. Act No. 74, 1993
S. 5F	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. Act No. 74, 1993; No. 45, 1994
S. 5FA	ad. No. 11, 1946
	am. Act No. 74, 1993
S. 5G	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. No. 1, 1942; No. 86, 1982
S. 5H	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. No. 6, 1954; No. 19, 1966; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 52, 1990; No. 74, 1993
S. 5H	ad. No. 50, 1989
Renumbered S. 5J	Act No. 52, 1990
	rep. No. 41, 1997
S. 5J	ad. No. 7, 1940
	rep. No. 48, 1983
Heading to Part IV	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
S. 5K	ad. No. 7, 1940
	rep. No. 48, 1983
	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
S. 5KA	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
S. 5L	ad. No. 7 ,1940
	am. No. 6, 1954
S. 5M	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. No. 1, 1945; No. 27, 1971
	rs. Act No. 52, 1990
S. 5N	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. No. 1, 1942; No. 6, 1954; No. 27, 1971; No. 53, 1974; Act No. 52, 1990; No. 74, 1993
S. 5O	ad. No. 7, 1940
	am. No. 1, 1942; No. 27, 1971
	rep. Act No. 52, 1990
Ss. 5P-5R	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
Heading to Part V	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
S. 5S	ad. Act No. 52, 1990
	am. No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994
S. 6	am. No. 1, 1943; No. 19, 1966; No. 64, 1977; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994
S. 7	am. No. 7, 1940; No. 19, 1966; No. 27, 1971; No. 64, 1977; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 81, 1994
S. 7A	ad. No. 1, 1952
	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 11, 1967; No. 27, 1971; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994; Nos. 54 and 64, 1998
S. 7B	ad. Act No. 64, 1998
S. 8	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 27, 1971; No. 64, 1977; No. 86, 1982; No. 38, 1989; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994; 2000 No 7 s 4
S. 9	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 27, 1971; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994
S. 9A	ad. No. 27, 1971
	am. No. 53, 1974; No. 64, 1977; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993
S. 10	am. No 7, 1940
	rs. No. 1, 1942
	am. No. 1, 1943; No. 1, 1952; No. 6, 1954; No. 19, 1966; No. 11, 1967; No. 53, 1974; No. 64, 1977; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 58, 1996
S. 10AA	ad. No. 11, 1967
	am. No. 64, 1977; Act No. 74, 1993
S. 10AB	ad. No. 11, 1967
	am. No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994
S. 10A	ad. No. 1, 1943
	am. No. 6, 1954; No. 19, 1966; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994
S. 10B	ad. No. 1, 1943
	am. No. 19, 1966 (as am. by No. 36, 1967); No. 86, 1982; Act No. 81, 1994
S. 10C	ad. No. 86, 1982
	am. Act No. 81, 1994
S. 11	am. No. 64, 1977; Act No. 74, 1993
Part VI (ss. 11A-11N)	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
Ss. 11A-11N	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
Heading to Part VII	ad. Act No. 58, 1996
S. 12	am. No. 7, 1940; No. 38, 1989
S. 13	am. No. 38, 1989; Act No. 74, 1993
S. 14	am. No. 7, 1940; No. 19, 1966; No. 86, 1982; No. 38, 1989; Act No. 23, 1989; No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994
S. 15	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 86, 1982; Act No. 74, 1993; No. 81, 1994
S. 17	am. No. 22, 1937; No. 19, 1966; No. 86, 1982; No. 38, 1989; Act No. 81, 1994
Schedule	rs. 2000 No 7 s 4