Australian Capital Territory National Land (Lakes) Ordinance 2022
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20 Speed limits
(1) The rules may prescribe the speed limit for operating a boat on a lake.
(2) The rules may prescribe:
(a) a different speed limit for different parts of a lake; and
(b) a different speed limit for different classes of boat; and
(c) a different speed limit for different circumstances of operation.
(a) the person operates a boat on a place in a lake; and
(b) the boat is operated at a speed greater than the speed limit applying to the operation of the boat in that place.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if operating the boat at that speed 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).