670Notices and signs

670 Notices and signs

670 Notices and signs

(1) A person who fails to comply with the terms of a notice or sign referred to in this Chapter is not guilty of an offence unless the notice or sign—

(a) is clearly legible, and

(b) where it relates to—

(i) the whole of a parcel of public land, is exhibited at each entrance to the parcel of public land or in a conspicuous place in or in the vicinity of the parcel of public land, or

(ii) part only of a parcel of public land, is exhibited at each entrance to that part or in a conspicuous place in or in the vicinity of that part, or

(iii) a building, is exhibited (as may be appropriate) either inside or at or near the entrance to the building.

(2) The council has the onus of proving that the notice or sign complies with this section.