13Littering and damage

13 Littering and damage

13 Littering and damage

(1) A person must not—

(a) deposit or leave any litter in a park except in an area or receptacle provided by the park authority for that purpose, or

(b) if no area or receptacle for litter is provided by the park authority—fail to remove from the park all litter taken into or created by the person in the park, or

(c) deposit or leave any waste in a park, or

(c1) deposit or leave asbestos waste, within the meaning of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, in a park, or

(d) deposit, discharge or leave in a park any offal, filth, dung or dead animal or any noisome, noxious, offensive or polluting substance, matter or thing, or

(e) wilfully break any article of glass, china, pottery or plastic in a park, or

(f) write or paint or otherwise mark or affix any bill, notice or advertisement on or to, or deface by painting, carving, scratching or any other means, or damage, destroy, remove or interfere with, any fixture, improvement, rock, tree, equipment, water supply or Aboriginal object in a park, or

(g) deposit, leave or abandon a vehicle or part of a vehicle in a park, or

(h) carry or possess, interfere with, dig up, cut up, collect or remove for any purpose any soil, sand, gravel, fossil, clay, rock, ochre, mineral, timber (whether or not consisting of or including dead timber), gum resin, humus or other natural substance or object in a park, whether on land or on or under water, or

(i) dam, divert or pollute the water in any waters or water tank in a park, or

(j) carry, possess or use any spray cans of paint, or any boltcutters, oxy-acetylene equipment, angle grinder or other cutting equipment in a park, or

(k) possess or have custody of any key or other similar device that is capable of opening any lock or other device securing a gate or barricade located in a park, or

(l) discharge stormwater into a park.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

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