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Recreation Areas Management Regulation 2024
sec.16Restrictions on unregistered vehicles
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### sec.16 Restrictions on unregistered vehicles
A person must not bring an unregistered vehicle into, or drive or ride an unregistered vehicle in, a recreation area.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person bringing an unregistered vehicle into a recreation area if the person—
brings the vehicle into the area under a permit or commercial activity agreement; or
has a reasonable excuse.
In this section—
bring , an unregistered vehicle into a recreation area, does not include drive or ride the vehicle into the area.
unregistered vehicle means a vehicle that—
is required to be registered under a vehicle registration Act to lawfully operate the vehicle on a road; and
has not been registered under a vehicle registration Act.
(sec.16-ssec.1) A person must not bring an unregistered vehicle into, or drive or ride an unregistered vehicle in, a recreation area. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.16-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person bringing an unregistered vehicle into a recreation area if the person— brings the vehicle into the area under a permit or commercial activity agreement; or has a reasonable excuse.
(sec.16-ssec.3) In this section— bring , an unregistered vehicle into a recreation area, does not include drive or ride the vehicle into the area. unregistered vehicle means a vehicle that— is required to be registered under a vehicle registration Act to lawfully operate the vehicle on a road; and has not been registered under a vehicle registration Act.
- (a) brings the vehicle into the area under a permit or commercial activity agreement; or
- (b) has a reasonable excuse.
- (a) is required to be registered under a vehicle registration Act to lawfully operate the vehicle on a road; and
- (b) has not been registered under a vehicle registration Act.