Part 8MISCELLANEOUS

PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS Authorised person to be obeyed 8.1 A person on local government property shall obey any lawful direction of an authorised person and shall not in any way obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the execution of her or his duties. Persons may be directed to leave local government property 8.2 An authorised person may direct a person to leave local government property where she or he reasonably suspects that the person has contravened a provision of any written law. Disposal of lost property 8.3 An article left on any local government property, and not claimed within a period of 3 months, may be disposed of by the local government in any manner it thinks fit. Liability for damage to local government property 8.4 (1) Where a person unlawfully damages local government property, the local government may by notice in writing to that person require that person within the time required in the notice to, at the option of the local government, pay the costs of— (a) reinstating the property to the state it was in prior to the occurrence of the damage; or (b) replacing that property. (2) On a failure to comply with a notice issued under subclause (1), the local government may recover the costs referred to in the notice as a debt due to it. PART 9—ENFORCEMENT Division 1—Notices given under this local law Offence to fail to comply with notice 9.1 Whenever the local government gives a notice under this local law requiring a person to do any thing, if a person fails to comply with the notice, that person commits an offence. Local government may undertake requirements of notice 9.2 Where a person fails to comply with a notice referred to in clause 11.1, the local government may do the thing specified in the notice and recover from the person to whom the notice was given, as a debt, the costs incurred in so doing. Division 2—Offences and penalties