Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) This section applies to a person who—
(a) sells or supplies firewood in the ACT unless—
(i) the quantity of firewood sold or supplied is less than 100kg; or
(ii) the firewood is sold under a scheme in which an annual fee is paid for the right to collect waste softwood in pine plantations; or
(b) prepares firewood for sale or supply in the ACT.
(2) The following conditions apply to the preparation, sale or supply of firewood by the person:
(a) if practicable, each buyer must be offered a choice of mixed wood loads;
(b) wood must be offered and supplied by weight, not by volume;
(c) each buyer must be given a written statement of the weight of the load supplied;
(d) if the load is a mixed wood load—the buyer must be given a written statement of the approximate weight of hardwood and softwood in the load;
(e) unseasoned wood must not be supplied;
(f) each buyer must be given a pamphlet supplied by the environment protection authority that sets out recommended wood burning practices and encourages compliance with those practices;
(g) each buyer must be given the following information:
(i) the common name and species (if known) of the wood;
(ii) the place from which the wood was originally taken;
(iii) the kind of wood;
Examples—par (g) (i)
box, gum, pine
Examples—par (g) (ii)
ACT pine forests, Cowra
Example—par (g) (iii)
residue from forestry processing operations of native forest timber
(h) an annual report for a reporting year must be given to the environment protection authority by 31 January in the year following the reporting year;
(i) wooden sleepers must only be obtained from a wholesaler who supplies sleepers in the ACT with the agreement of the chief health officer and the environment protection authority;
(j) the sale or supply of wooden sleepers must be accompanied by an information sheet, agreed with the environment protection authority, about the risks of burning sleepers, including that sleepers should not be burnt in open fires or for cooking.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) prepares firewood for sale or supply; and
(b) fails to comply with a condition mentioned in subsection (2).
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units
(4) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) sells or supplies firewood; and
(b) fails to comply with a condition mentioned in subsection (2).
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units
(5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(6) In this section:
"prepare", firewood for sale or supply, means cut, store or season the firewood.
"reporting year" means 1 January to 31 December.