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Pastoral Land Act 1992
80Public access not to be obstructed
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80 Public access not to be obstructed
(a) the person intentionally places an obstruction; and
(b) the obstruction is across an access route and the person is
reckless as to that circumstance; and
(c) the person does not have lawful authority to place the
obstruction across that route.
(2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(c).
(3) Where pastoral land over which there is an access route is fenced
and there is no gate or grid in or other means of passage through
or over the fence at the point at which reasonable access to the
route can be had, the Minister must erect a suitable gate or grid, or
other means of passage, in, through or over the fence at that point.
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally erects a fence; and
(b) the fence is across an access route and the person is reckless
as to that circumstance; and
(c) the person fails to provide a suitable gate, grid or other means
of passage in, through or over the fence at its intersection with
the route so that access to the route can be had.
(5) Strict liability applies to subsection (4)(c).
(6) Subject to section 82, a person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally locks a gate; and
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(b) the gate passes over an access route.
(7) Strict liability applies to subsection (6)(b).
(8) In this section:
access route means a route nominated or indicated under
section 79(2) or (3).
obstruction does not include a fence.