Div 3Beaches

Division 3—Beaches 6.6 Powers of authorised persons or surf life saving club members (1) An authorised person employed by the local government may perform all or any of the following functions in relation to a beach– (a) patrol any beach; (b) carry out any activity on any beach; (c) erect signs designating bathing areas and signs regulating, prohibiting or restricting specified activities on the whole or any part of a beach or in or on the water adjacent to the beach and to direct persons on the beach or in or on the water to comply with such signs; (d) temporarily enclose any area with rope, hessian, wire or any other means for the conduct of surf life saving club activities; and (e) direct persons to leave the water adjacent to a beach during dangerous conditions or if a shark is suspected of being in the vicinity of a beach. (2) Subject to subclause (3), the local government may authorise, under section 9.10 of the Act, one or more members of a surf life saving club to perform all or any of the functions listed in subclause (1). (3) Members authorised by the local government under subclause (2) must have been recommended by the surf life saving club as competent to perform the functions referred to in that subclause in respect of which they are authorised. (4) Under subclause (2), the local government may authorise members generally, or in relation to particular times, days or months. 6.7 Authority of local government employee to prevail If the local government has authorised a person under clause 6.6(1) and a member of a surf life saving club under clause 6.6(2) in relation to the same beach, where they could perform a function referred to in clause 6.6(1) contemporaneously, the authority of an authorised person employed by the local government under clause 6.6(1) is to prevail. 6.8 Persons to comply with signs and directions A person must– (a) not act in contravention of a sign erected on a beach under clause 6.6(1)(c); (b) not enter an area which has been temporarily closed with rope, hessian, wire or any other means for the conduct of surf life saving club activities, unless he or she is a member of the club or has obtained permission to enter from the club; (c) comply with any direction given under clause 6.6(1)(c) or 6.6(1)(e); and (d) not interfere with, obscure, obstruct, or hang any item of clothing or towel on a flag, sign, notice or item of life saving equipment.