72Sporting, recreational and other activities

72 Sporting, recreational and other activities

72 Sporting, recreational and other activities

(1) A person must not engage in any activity or recreational pursuit in the Preserve that involves risking the safety of the person or the safety of other persons or damaging the environment.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1), the activities and recreational pursuits to which that subclause applies include abseiling, base jumping, bungy jumping, caving, rock climbing, parachuting, paragliding, parasailing and hang gliding.

(3) A person does not commit an offence under this clause—

(a) for anything done or omitted to be done with the consent of the Board and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject, or

(b) if the plan of management for the Preserve makes provision for the undertaking of an activity and the person undertakes the activity in accordance with that plan of management.

(4) Despite subclause (3) (b), a person must not undertake an activity in the Preserve if a notice erected in the Preserve prohibits the undertaking of the activity.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.