20Director‑General notices

20 Director‑General notices

(1) The Director‑General may, by legislative instrument, issue a notice (a Director‑General notice) in accordance with subsection (2). (2) The notice must: (a) be set out in the legislative instrument; and (b) state that it is issued by the authority of the Director‑General; and (c) specify a prohibition, condition or restriction relating to Library property or library material that is owned by or under the control of the Library. (3) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is on or in Library property; and (b) a copy of a Director‑General notice is displayed in accordance with subsection (4); and (c) a prohibition, condition or restriction specified in the notice applies to the person; and (d) the person does not comply with the prohibition, condition or restriction.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the notice must be clearly displayed: (a) in a way that gives adequate notice to the public of the prohibition, condition or restriction; and (b) at either or both of the following: (i) the entrance to the area of the Library property to which the notice relates; (ii) the location to which the notice relates.