23Direction to leave memorial area

23 Direction to leave memorial area

23 Direction to leave memorial area

(1) An authorised officer may give a direction to a person to leave the memorial area if, in the authorised officer’s opinion, the person is committing an offence under this Act.

(2) The person who is given the direction must comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) An authorised officer may remove the person from the memorial area if the person fails to comply with the direction.

(4) In this section—

authorised officer means—

(a) a Public Service employee authorised in writing by The Trustees to give directions under this section, or

(b) a police officer, or

(c) a person who—

(i) is the holder of a licence under the Security Industry Act 1997, and

(ii) has been engaged by the The Trustees to provide security services in relation to the memorial area, or

(d) a person authorised in writing by either of the following to give directions under this section—

(i) the Minister administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016,

(ii) the Crown land manager of the memorial area.