Australian Capital Territory

Bushfire Regulations1 (Amendment)
Subordinate Law No. 22 of 19972

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Bushfire Act 1936.
Dated 22 July 1997.
Gary Humphries
Minister
trevor Kaine
Minister

Commencement
1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.
Addition
2.  The Bushfire Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following regulation:
Bushfire-prone Government land—prescribed uses
“7.  For the purposes of paragraphs 11B (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the Act, each of the following uses for land referred to in any of those paragraphs is prescribed:
	(a)	agriculture;
	(b)	cemetery or burial ground;
	(c)	community path;
	(d)	group camping, being the provision of short-term accommodation and recreational facilities for community groups;
	(e)	landfill;
	(f)	major road;
	(g)	major public utility installation;
	(h)	minor service reticulation, being for public utility services;
	(i)	minor use, being incidental to any another use prescribed by this regulation;
	(j)	nature conservation;
	(k)	offensive industry;
	(m)	outdoor recreation, being for—
	(i)	a ski-run, whether on grass or snow; or
	(ii)	a shooting range;
	(n)	overnight camping;
	(o)	parkland, being—
	(i)	a hilltop reserve;
	(ii)	a public lookout;
	(iii)	a public park;
	(iv)	a recreational reserve;
	(v)	a regional park; or
	(vi)	a reserve on a lake shore or river shore;
	(p)	plantation forestry;
	(q)	railway use, including yards and other outdoor areas;
	(r)	research facility for agricultural research;
	(s)	quarantine facility for animals or plants;
	(t)	tourist facility;
	(u)	woodlot.”.
	
NOTES
Principal Regulations
1.	Reprinted as at 31 December 1993.  See also Subordinate Law No. 8, 1996.
Notification
2.	Notified in the ACT Gazette on 31 July 1997.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1997