18Approved buoys, wharves and jetties

18 Approved buoys, wharves and jetties (1) The Minister may, upon application made to the Minister in writing, approve, subject to such conditions (if any) as the Minister thinks necessary, the anchoring of a buoy in a lake or the erection of a wharf or jetty within a lake area. (a) the person anchors a buoy in a lake; and (b) the anchoring is not approved under subsection (1). (a) the person erects a wharf or jetty in a lake area; and (b) the erection is not approved under subsection (1). (a) the person moors a boat in a mooring area under section 14; and (b) the boat is moored to something other than— (i) a buoy anchored in accordance with an approval under subsection (1); or

(ii) a wharf or jetty erected in accordance with an approval under subsection (1). (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.