The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (Wales) Regulations 2008

Regulation of burning

5.—(1) A person must not commence the burning of any specified vegetation on any land between sunset and sunrise.

(2) A person must not burn any specified vegetation on any land unless—

(a) the person has prepared a burning plan and is proposing to burn in accordance with the provisions of that plan;

(b) there are, where the burning is taking place, sufficient persons and equipment to control and regulate the burning during the entire period of the operation;

(c) the person takes, before starting burning and during the entire period of the operation, all reasonable precautions to prevent injury or damage to any adjacent land, or to any person or thing on that land; and

(d) the person has, not less than 24 hours and not more than 72 hours before commencing burning on any land, given notice in writing of the date or dates, time and place at which, and the extent of the area on which it is the intention to burn—

(i) to any other person who has an interest in that land either as owner or occupier, and

(ii) except in the case of any burning carried out on railway land, to any other person whom is known, or could with reasonable diligence have been discovered, to be in charge of any land adjacent to that on which the burning is to take place.