6   Prohibition on burning certain articles

(1)  A person must not burn a prohibited article:

(a)  in the open, or

(b)  in an incinerator that is not licensed under the Act.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 50 penalty units in the case of an individual.

(2)  For the purposes of this clause, the following articles are prohibited articles:

(a)  tyres,

(b)  coated wire,

(c)  paint containers and residues,

(d)  solvent containers and residues,

(e)  timber treated with copper chromium arsenate (CCA) or pentachlorophenol (PCP).

(3)  It is not an offence under this clause to burn a tyre for the purposes of the giving of instruction in methods of fire fighting by an officer or member of a fire fighting authority, or by a fire control officer within the meaning of the Rural Fires Act 1997, when acting in his or her official capacity.