196Restricted access areas

196 Restricted access areas

S. 196(1) amended by No. 48/2024 s. 35.

(1) A project authority may establish or cause to be established as a restricted access area a project area or land occupied for the purposes of an approved project under this Part, or any part of the project area or land, by any of the following—

(a) the use of fencing, barriers or other permanent or temporary means of physical demarcation;

(b) erecting signs or causing signs to be erected on or in close proximity to the area stating that the area is a restricted access area and the restrictions (if any) which apply in relation to that area.

(2) As soon as practicable after establishing a restricted access area under subsection (1), a project authority must cause a notice of the establishment of the restricted access area to be published in the Government Gazette.