Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
sec.242Appropriate places for using vehicles, boats or recreational craft
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sec.242 Appropriate places for using vehicles, boats or recreational craft
A person must not, in a protected area— drive or ride a vehicle into a place, or move a vehicle into a place, if a barrier or fence has been lawfully placed to prevent entry into the place; or park or stand a vehicle at a place designated for parking in a way that does not conform with ground or surface markings used for ordering the parking and standing of vehicles. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in, or move a vehicle into, a part of a protected area unless— the part is an appropriate area for driving or riding the vehicle; or the vehicle is driven, ridden or moved in accordance with an authority or written approval of the chief executive. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A person does not commit an offence against this section if the person has a reasonable excuse. This section does not apply in relation to a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. In this section— appropriate area , for driving or riding a vehicle, means an area that is— a road; or a route or surface that a regulatory notice states is a route or surface along or on which the type of vehicle may be driven or ridden. (sec.242-ssec.1) A person must not, in a protected area— drive or ride a vehicle into a place, or move a vehicle into a place, if a barrier or fence has been lawfully placed to prevent entry into the place; or park or stand a vehicle at a place designated for parking in a way that does not conform with ground or surface markings used for ordering the parking and standing of vehicles. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.242-ssec.2) A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in, or move a vehicle into, a part of a protected area unless— the part is an appropriate area for driving or riding the vehicle; or the vehicle is driven, ridden or moved in accordance with an authority or written approval of the chief executive. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.242-ssec.3) A person does not commit an offence against this section if the person has a reasonable excuse. (sec.242-ssec.4) This section does not apply in relation to a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. (sec.242-ssec.5) In this section— appropriate area , for driving or riding a vehicle, means an area that is— a road; or a route or surface that a regulatory notice states is a route or surface along or on which the type of vehicle may be driven or ridden.
- (a) drive or ride a vehicle into a place, or move a vehicle into a place, if a barrier or fence has been lawfully placed to prevent entry into the place; or
- (b) park or stand a vehicle at a place designated for parking in a way that does not conform with ground or surface markings used for ordering the parking and standing of vehicles.
- (a) the part is an appropriate area for driving or riding the vehicle; or