National Portrait Gallery of Australia Regulations 2023
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25 Prohibited articles
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person: (i) brings a prohibited article into a building; or (ii) uses a prohibited article in a building; and (b) the building is a Gallery building.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to: (a) bringing a prohibited article into a Gallery building if the person deposits the item, as soon as practicable, at the place in the Gallery building designated for that purpose; or (b) bringing a camera or camera bag into a Gallery building, or using a camera, for non‑commercial purposes.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.