14General restrictions on boats

14  General restrictions on boats

 (1) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person:

 (a) puts a boat in a lake or takes a boat from a lake (other than a personal watercraft) at a place that is not in a launching area prescribed for the purposes of section 13; or

 (b) beaches, cleans or repairs a boat (other than a personal watercraft) in a lake area at a place that is not in a beaching area prescribed for the purposes of section 13; or

 (c) embarks on to, or disembarks from, a boat on a lake in an area prescribed for the purposes of section 13 to be an area where embarkation and disembarkation are not permitted; or

 (d) lands a boat on a lake shore, or an island in a lake, in an area prescribed for the purposes of section 13 to be an area where landing of boats is not permitted.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person’s conduct is authorised by a regulated activity permit.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).