18Removal of equipment used for prohibited activities

18 Removal of equipment used for prohibited activities

18 Removal of equipment used for prohibited activities

(1) A person who uses equipment in the course of committing an offence under clause 17 must, when directed to do so by a relevant authority, immediately remove the equipment from the trust lands.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2) If a person fails to comply with a direction under this clause, a relevant authority may remove the equipment—

(a) to the care of the person to whom the direction was given, or

(b) to a place of safe keeping at the expense of the owner or the person responsible for it.

(3) A relevant authority acting under subclause (2) is not responsible for the safe keeping of, or for any damage to, equipment removed under this clause.