Forest Act: Prohibition on the making of fires in the open air: Western Cape (GN. 1101 of 2000)

EnviroLeg cc FOREST Reg p 1 GN 1011 GG21647 20 October 2000 PROHIBITION ON THE MAKING OF FIRES IN THE OPEN AIR: WESTERN CAPE I, Fritz von Krosigk, Director: Community Forestry, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, duly authorised thereto by the Director-General of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, hereby declare, in terms of section 25(1) of the Forest Act 1984 (Act No. 122 of 1984) that in my opinion State forests or private forests in the area the boundaries of which are indicated in the Schedule hereto are subject to extraordinary fire hazards and direct that in the said area no person shall from 1 December 2000 up to and including 30 November 2001 make a fire in the open air or, if such a fire has been made, allow it to continue to burn or add fuel thereto, otherwise than (a) fires made within a demarcated picnic or camping area or caravan park or holiday resort, but only at places within such a demarcated area as have been specifically prepared and maintained for that purpose: Provided that such fires are properly extinguished with water and/or sand., and (b) fires made on residential and industrial stands within proclaimed townships. SCHEDULE That portion of the Cape Peninsula which is bounded by the sea from a point on the coast opposite the Muizenberg Railway Station along the coast around Cape Point to the mouth of the Salt River; thence in a straight line to the Salt River Railway Station; thence along the railway line across the Cape Flats to the Muizenberg Railway Station; thence in a straight line to the said point on the coast opposite the Muizenberg Railway Station, the point of beginning.