Bush Fires Amendment Act 2022
Bush Fires Amendment Act 2022
Western Australia
Bush Fires Amendment Act 2022
Contents
1.Short title2
2.Commencement2
3.Act amended2
4.Section 24C amended2
5.Section 24D amended3
6.Section 25 amended3
7.Section 38 amended3
Bush Fires Amendment Act 2022
An Act to amend the Bush Fires Act 1954.
[Assented to 19 August 2022]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
This is the Bush Fires Amendment Act 2022.
This Act comes into operation as follows —
(a)sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
(b)the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation.
This Act amends the Bush Fires Act 1954.
In section 24C delete the definition of limited burning times and insert:
limited burning times, in respect of a place —
(a)means —
(i)the restricted burning times for that place; and
(ii)the prohibited burning times for that place;
but
(b)does not include any time when there is in force a fire danger forecast issued for that place by the Bureau of Meteorology in Perth of “catastrophic”, “extreme” or “high”;
In section 24D delete ““extreme”, “severe” or “very high”.” and insert:
“extreme” or “high”.
Note: The heading to amended section 24D is to read:
Burning garden refuse prohibited if fire danger high to catastrophic
In section 25(1)(a) delete ““extreme”, “severe” or “very high”,” and insert:
“extreme” or “high”,
In section 38(17):
(a)delete ““extreme”, “severe” or “very high”,” and insert:
“extreme” or “high”,
(b)delete “he” and insert:
the person
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