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National Veld and Forest Fire Act, 1998 (Act No. 101 of 1998)

Chapter 4 : Veldfire Prevention through Firebreaks

13. Requirements for firebreaks

 

An owner who is obliged to prepare and maintain a firebreak must ensure that, with due regard to the weather, climate, terrain and vegetation of the area—

(a) it is wide enough and long enough to have a reasonable chance of preventing a veldfire from spreading to or from neighbouring land;
(b) it does not cause soil erosion; and
(c) it is reasonably free of inflammable material capable of carrying a veldfire across it.