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BUSH FIRES ACT 1954 - SECT 14C

14C .         Failure to comply with directions

        (1)         A person given a direction under section 14B(2) must comply with the direction.

        Penalty: a fine of $25 000.

        (2)         A person must comply with a direction referred to in subsection (1) despite the provisions of any other written law, and the person does not commit an offence by reason of that compliance.

        (3)         In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), an authorisation given under section 13(4) or (5), including the affected area and the authorised period specified in the authorisation, may be proved by tendering a copy of the authorisation certified by the Authority to be a true copy of the original.

        [Section 14C inserted by No. 25 of 2009 s. 6.]



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