s. 50 10 penalty units. (2) In the country area of Victoria a person must not S. 50(2) amended by drive or operate a tractor or a self-propelled farm No. 10235 machine or a traction engine or an earth-moving, s. 11(k), substituted by excavating or road-making machine propelled by No. 45/1986 or incorporating a heat engine within nine metres s. 7, amended by of or in contact with any crop, grass, stubble, No. 50/1989 weeds, undergrowth or vegetation unless the s. 17(a). tractor, traction engine or machine— (a) is free from faults and mechanical defects which would tend to cause an outbreak of fire; and (b) is fitted with a spark arrester; and (c) carries the prescribed fire suppression S. 50(2)(c) amended by equipment during a fire danger period. No. 39/1992 s. 9. 10 penalty units. (3) A person operating a tractor, traction engine or S. 50(3) substituted by machine referred to in subsection (2) must No. 45/1986 maintain the spark arrester in proper working s. 7. order so as to prevent the discharge of exhaust particles which may tend to cause an outbreak of fire. 10 penalty units. (4) A person must not fit a spark arrester to a tractor, S. 50(4) inserted by traction engine or machine referred to in No. 45/1986 subsection (2) unless the spark arrester complies s. 7, amended by with the standard prescribed under subsection (5). No. 50/1989 s. 17(ab) (as 10 penalty units. amended by No. 91/1989 s. 7(a)).
10 penalty units. S. 50(2) amended by No. 10235 s. 11(k), substituted by No. 45/1986 s. 7, amended by No. 50/1989 s. 17(a). (2) In the country area of Victoria a person must not drive or operate a tractor or a self-propelled farm machine or a traction engine or an earth-moving, excavating or road-making machine propelled by or incorporating a heat engine within nine metres of or in contact with any crop, grass, stubble, weeds, undergrowth or vegetation unless the tractor, traction engine or machine— (a) is free from faults and mechanical defects which would tend to cause an outbreak of fire; and (b) is fitted with a spark arrester; and S. 50(2)(c) amended by No. 39/1992 s. 9. (c) carries the prescribed fire suppression equipment during a fire danger period. s. 50 10 penalty units. S. 50(3) substituted by No. 45/1986 s. 7. (3) A person operating a tractor, traction engine or machine referred to in subsection (2) must maintain the spark arrester in proper working order so as to prevent the discharge of exhaust particles which may tend to cause an outbreak of fire. 10 penalty units. S. 50(4) inserted by No. 45/1986 s. 7, amended by No. 50/1989 s. 17(ab) (as amended by No. 91/1989 s. 7(a)). (4) A person must not fit a spark arrester to a tractor, traction engine or machine referred to in subsection (2) unless the spark arrester complies with the standard prescribed under subsection (5). 10 penalty units.
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