Parliament House Act 1962
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[Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 1988, s. 5 ][Section 6 Subsection (2) amended by No. 47 of 1988, s. 5 ][Section 6 Subsection (3) amended by No. 75 of 1973, s. 2 and Sched. 1 ][Section 6 Subsection (3) amended by No. 47 of 1988, s. 5 ][Section 6 Subsection (4) amended by No. 75 of 1973, s. 2 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 6 Subsection (4) amended by No. 47 of 1988, s. 5 ]
(1) *[Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ]*A person who knowingly contravenes a rule or order made or given under section 3 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 1·5 penalty units.
(2) *[Section 6 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ]*A person who without just cause or reasonable excuse remains in the grounds of Parliament House after being asked to leave by the controlling officer or a person acting under his or her orders is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 2 penalty units.
(3) *[Section 6 Subsection (3) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ]*A person who without just cause or reasonable excuse –
(a) parks a vehicle in the grounds of Parliament House; or
(b) uses the drive of Parliament House as a thoroughfare between Murray Street and Salamanca Place; or
(c) drives a motor vehicle in the grounds of Parliament House dangerously or at more than 20 kilometres per hour –
is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 2·5 penalty units.
(4) *[Section 6 Subsection (4) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ]*A person who –
(a) having unlawfully parked a vehicle in the grounds of Parliament House fails to remove it when asked so to do by the controlling officer or a person acting under his or her orders; or
(b) [Section 6 Subsection (4) amended by No. 38 of 2009, Sched. 2, Applied:21 Jul 2009] having been asked within the previous 3 months by the controlling officer or a person acting under his or her orders not to park a vehicle in the grounds of Parliament House, does so park a vehicle –