Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2024 - REG 231

231 Depositing things relating to fires

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

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

(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 placing a thing mentioned in subsection (1) for the purpose of—

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

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

(c) if no barbecue or fireplace is provided by the chief executive for the area—lighting a fire in a place that is more than 2m from flammable material.

(3) A person must not deposit non-combustible material in a fire in a protected area.

Example of non-combustible material—

bottle, brick, can, piece of steel

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) This section does not apply in relation to a nature refuge.