sec.27Other requirements for safe and appropriate use of vehicles

sec.27 Other requirements for safe and appropriate use of vehicles

A person must not ride or travel in or on something being towed by a moving motor vehicle in a State forest or timber reserve, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A person must not, in a State forest or timber reserve— park or stand a vehicle in a way that, or at a place where, the vehicle is likely to— unreasonably damage the forest or reserve; or unreasonably interfere with a forest product in the forest or reserve; or operate or use a vehicle in a way that disrupts or may disrupt someone else’s reasonable enjoyment of the forest or reserve; or park or stand a vehicle in a way that, or at a place where, the vehicle obstructs or prevents, or may obstruct or prevent, the free passage on a road or track of another vehicle. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if— the person does an act mentioned in the subsection under an authority under the Act that expressly states doing that act is authorised; or the person has a reasonable excuse. A person must not, in a relevant State forest area or timber reserve, drive or ride a vehicle at a speed or in another way that unreasonably damages or may unreasonably damage the forest or reserve. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. See section 34G of the Act and section 29 in relation to driving or riding a vehicle in a feature protection area, State forest park or forest drive. In this section— relevant State forest area means an area of a State forest other than a feature protection area, State forest park or forest drive. (sec.27-ssec.1) A person must not ride or travel in or on something being towed by a moving motor vehicle in a State forest or timber reserve, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.27-ssec.2) A person must not, in a State forest or timber reserve— park or stand a vehicle in a way that, or at a place where, the vehicle is likely to— unreasonably damage the forest or reserve; or unreasonably interfere with a forest product in the forest or reserve; or operate or use a vehicle in a way that disrupts or may disrupt someone else’s reasonable enjoyment of the forest or reserve; or park or stand a vehicle in a way that, or at a place where, the vehicle obstructs or prevents, or may obstruct or prevent, the free passage on a road or track of another vehicle. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.27-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if— the person does an act mentioned in the subsection under an authority under the Act that expressly states doing that act is authorised; or the person has a reasonable excuse. (sec.27-ssec.4) A person must not, in a relevant State forest area or timber reserve, drive or ride a vehicle at a speed or in another way that unreasonably damages or may unreasonably damage the forest or reserve. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. See section 34G of the Act and section 29 in relation to driving or riding a vehicle in a feature protection area, State forest park or forest drive. (sec.27-ssec.5) In this section— relevant State forest area means an area of a State forest other than a feature protection area, State forest park or forest drive.