18Limited access to certain places

18 Limited access to certain places

(1)  In this regulation –

Macquarie Island Nature Reserve means the area of land of that name that is reserved land in the class of nature reserve under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 .

(2)  A person must not enter or remain in or on –

(a) a restricted area; or

(b) Macquarie Island Nature Reserve; or

(c) any reserved land or part of any reserved land (other than a cave) if access to that reserved land or part of that reserved land is prohibited by –

(i) a sign displayed on the reserved land; or

(ii) a published notice; or

(d) a cave on reserved land if access is prohibited by –

(i) a sign displayed near the entrance of the cave; or

(ii) a published notice.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  Subregulation (2) does not apply if the person is accompanied by an authorised person.