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 "municipality": "Bathurst",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-07",
 "official_website": "http://www.bathurst.ca/",
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   "title": "By-Law No. 2017-09 — By-Law Concerning Outside Fires in the City of Bathurst / Arrêté No 2017-09",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-10-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.bathurst.ca/en/secure_document/92/bylaw/file",
   "summary": "Regulates outside/open fires within the City of Bathurst, including permits from the Bathurst Fire Service. Third reading and enactment October 16, 2017.",
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   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Bathurst Fire Department",
    "allowed_conditions": "Outdoor fireplaces allowed without permit subject to regulations; open fires require valid permit or Fire Department authorization; category 1 provincial fire watch must permit fires.",
    "fine_range": "category E offence under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedures Act"
   },
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    "permit_required": "s. 2(a): \"no person shall start...a fire...outside unless a valid permit has been issued hereunder\"",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 2(b): \"must apply to the Bathurst Fire Department\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 1 (outdoor fireplaces allowed subject to regulations); s. 2(a); s. 3",
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   "title": "Burning Regulations and Permits — City of Bathurst Fire Department",
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   "document_url": "https://www.bathurst.ca/en/services/bathurst-fire-department/14/burning-regulations-and-permits",
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}