Amended 1996
Bushfires Act 1954

Notice to All Owners and/or Occupiers of Land in the Shire of Kulin

PURSUANT to the powers contained in Section 33 of the above Act, you are hereby required on or before the 31st day of October each year and thereafter up to and including the 15th day of March of the following year to have a 3 metre firebreak clear of all inflammable material on all rural and townsite land owned or occupied by you:

1. Immediately inside all external boundaries of the land

2. In such other positions as is necessary to divide land in excess of 200 hectares into areas not exceeding 200 hectares, each completely surrounded by a firebreak

3. Immediately surrounding any part of land used for crop

4. Parallel to and within 100 metres of the perimeter of all buildings, haystacks and fuel ramps situated on the land

5. Immediately surrounding any drum or drums or other receptacles situated on the land which are normally used for the storage of fuel, whether they contain fuel or not, provided that the firebreak required to comply with this paragraph only shall be not less than 5 metres wide

6. Immediately inside land on which bush has been bulldozed, chained or prepared in any similar manner for clearing by burning (whether you intend to burn the bush or not), provided that the firebreak required to comply with this paragraph only shall be not less than 7 metres wide. Where the land is prepared for clearing by burning after 19th September each year you shall provide the firebreak immediately.

If it is considered to be impractical for any reasons to clear firebreaks as required by this notice, you may apply to Council or its duly authorised officer for permission to provide firebreaks in alternative positions on the land. If permission is not granted by the Council or its duly authorised officer, you shall comply with the requirements of this notice.

The penalty for failing to comply with this notice is a fine not exceeding $400 and a person in default is also liable, whether prosecuted or not, to pay the cost of performing the work directed in this notice if it is not carried out by the owner or occupier by the date required by this notice.

If the requirements of this notice are carried out by burning, such burning must be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Bush Fires Act.

By Order of the Council
Chief Executive Officer