6Notice given of declaration

6 Notice given of declaration

6 Notice given of declaration

(1) A senior police officer is to cause notice of the making of a declaration under this Part to be served on the owner or occupier of the premises to which the declaration relates—

(a) personally, or

(b) if personal service cannot be effected promptly, by causing a copy of the notice to be fixed at or near to the entrance of the premises.

(2) A person must not deface, destroy, cover or remove a copy of a notice fixed under this section at or near the entrance to premises unless the person is a police officer or the owner or occupier of the premises.

Maximum penalty (subsection (2)): 20 penalty units.

s 6: Subst 2002 No 131, Sch 1 [10].