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Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
sec.133General misconduct
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### sec.133 General misconduct
A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse—
be disorderly or create a disturbance; or
do anything that interferes, or is likely to interfere, with the safety or health of the person or someone else in the area.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse or the chief executive’s written approval—
restrict access to, for example, by cordoning off, a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area; or
claim to have an exclusive right to use a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse—
defecate within 10m of a lake, watercourse, natural water storage, walking track or other facility, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose; or
bury human waste, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose, within 10m of any of the following—
a lake, watercourse or natural water storage;
an occupied or established camp site;
a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site;
a walking track or other public facility; or
leave human waste unburied.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
A person must not tamper with a building, fence, gate, notice, sign or structure in a recreation area unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.133-ssec.1) A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— be disorderly or create a disturbance; or do anything that interferes, or is likely to interfere, with the safety or health of the person or someone else in the area. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.133-ssec.2) A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse or the chief executive’s written approval— restrict access to, for example, by cordoning off, a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area; or claim to have an exclusive right to use a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.133-ssec.3) A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— defecate within 10m of a lake, watercourse, natural water storage, walking track or other facility, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose; or bury human waste, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose, within 10m of any of the following— a lake, watercourse or natural water storage; an occupied or established camp site; a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site; a walking track or other public facility; or leave human waste unburied. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.133-ssec.4) A person must not tamper with a building, fence, gate, notice, sign or structure in a recreation area unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
- (a) be disorderly or create a disturbance; or
- (b) do anything that interferes, or is likely to interfere, with the safety or health of the person or someone else in the area.
- (a) restrict access to, for example, by cordoning off, a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area; or
- (b) claim to have an exclusive right to use a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area.
- (a) defecate within 10m of a lake, watercourse, natural water storage, walking track or other facility, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose; or
- (b) bury human waste, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose, within 10m of any of the following— (i) a lake, watercourse or natural water storage; (ii) an occupied or established camp site; (iii) a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site; (iv) a walking track or other public facility; or
- (i) a lake, watercourse or natural water storage;
- (ii) an occupied or established camp site;
- (iii) a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site;
- (iv) a walking track or other public facility; or
- (c) leave human waste unburied.
- (i) a lake, watercourse or natural water storage;
- (ii) an occupied or established camp site;
- (iii) a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site;
- (iv) a walking track or other public facility; or