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Recreation Areas Management Regulation 2024
sec.22Appropriate places for using vehicles
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### sec.22 Appropriate places for using vehicles
A person must not, in a recreation area—
drive or ride a vehicle into a place, or move a vehicle into a place, if a barrier or fence has been lawfully placed to prevent entry into the place; or
park or stand a vehicle at a place designated for parking in a way that does not conform with ground or surface markings used for ordering the parking and standing of vehicles.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in, or move a vehicle into, a part of a recreation area unless—
the part is an appropriate area for driving or riding the vehicle; or
the vehicle is driven, ridden or moved in accordance with a permit or written approval of the chief executive.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
A person does not commit an offence against this section if the person has a reasonable excuse.
In this section—
appropriate area , for driving or riding a vehicle, means an area that is—
a road, except for a road on which driving or riding is prohibited by a regulatory notice or sign; or
a part of a coastal beach that is not vegetated, except for a part on which driving or riding is prohibited by a regulatory notice or sign; or
a route or a surface that a regulatory notice states is a route or surface along or on which the type of vehicle may be driven or ridden.
(sec.22-ssec.1) A person must not, in a recreation area— drive or ride a vehicle into a place, or move a vehicle into a place, if a barrier or fence has been lawfully placed to prevent entry into the place; or park or stand a vehicle at a place designated for parking in a way that does not conform with ground or surface markings used for ordering the parking and standing of vehicles. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.22-ssec.2) A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in, or move a vehicle into, a part of a recreation area unless— the part is an appropriate area for driving or riding the vehicle; or the vehicle is driven, ridden or moved in accordance with a permit or written approval of the chief executive. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.22-ssec.3) A person does not commit an offence against this section if the person has a reasonable excuse.
(sec.22-ssec.4) In this section— appropriate area , for driving or riding a vehicle, means an area that is— a road, except for a road on which driving or riding is prohibited by a regulatory notice or sign; or a part of a coastal beach that is not vegetated, except for a part on which driving or riding is prohibited by a regulatory notice or sign; or a route or a surface that a regulatory notice states is a route or surface along or on which the type of vehicle may be driven or ridden.
- (a) drive or ride a vehicle into a place, or move a vehicle into a place, if a barrier or fence has been lawfully placed to prevent entry into the place; or
- (b) park or stand a vehicle at a place designated for parking in a way that does not conform with ground or surface markings used for ordering the parking and standing of vehicles.
- (a) the part is an appropriate area for driving or riding the vehicle; or
- (b) the vehicle is driven, ridden or moved in accordance with a permit or written approval of the chief executive.
- (a) a road, except for a road on which driving or riding is prohibited by a regulatory notice or sign; or
- (b) a part of a coastal beach that is not vegetated, except for a part on which driving or riding is prohibited by a regulatory notice or sign; or
- (c) a route or a surface that a regulatory notice states is a route or surface along or on which the type of vehicle may be driven or ridden.