sec.246Complying with direction about use of vehicle, boat, aircraft or recreational craft

sec.246 Complying with direction about use of vehicle, boat, aircraft or recreational craft

This section applies to a person in control of a vehicle, boat, aircraft or recreational craft (each a craft ) in a protected area. If the conservation officer reasonably believes it is necessary, the officer may give the person an oral or written direction regulating or prohibiting the driving, riding, flying, parking, mooring or use of the craft, including for 1 or more of the following purposes— preventing or remedying any harm to, or loss or destruction of, the cultural or natural resources of the area; securing the safety of a person or a person’s property; minimising disturbance to persons in the area. A direction may be given in a way that sufficiently shows the conservation officer’s intention. by use of a sign or signal Without limiting subsection (2) , a direction may require the person to remove the craft from the protected area. The person must comply with a direction given to the person, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. It is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (5) that the direction is inconsistent with a protected area authority the person holds. This section does not apply in relation to a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. (sec.246-ssec.1) This section applies to a person in control of a vehicle, boat, aircraft or recreational craft (each a craft ) in a protected area. (sec.246-ssec.2) If the conservation officer reasonably believes it is necessary, the officer may give the person an oral or written direction regulating or prohibiting the driving, riding, flying, parking, mooring or use of the craft, including for 1 or more of the following purposes— preventing or remedying any harm to, or loss or destruction of, the cultural or natural resources of the area; securing the safety of a person or a person’s property; minimising disturbance to persons in the area. (sec.246-ssec.3) A direction may be given in a way that sufficiently shows the conservation officer’s intention. by use of a sign or signal (sec.246-ssec.4) Without limiting subsection (2) , a direction may require the person to remove the craft from the protected area. (sec.246-ssec.5) The person must comply with a direction given to the person, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. (sec.246-ssec.6) It is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (5) that the direction is inconsistent with a protected area authority the person holds. (sec.246-ssec.7) This section does not apply in relation to a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge.

• (a) preventing or remedying any harm to, or loss or destruction of, the cultural or natural resources of the area;
• (b) securing the safety of a person or a person’s property;
• (c) minimising disturbance to persons in the area.