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Summary Offences Regulation 2016
sec.4Unlawful driving of motorbike on public land
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### sec.4 Unlawful driving of motorbike on public land
For section 11A of the Act , a person must not drive a motorbike on public land unless—
the public land is an area of public land prescribed under this regulation ( motorbike control land ) and the person is in possession of a motorbike access authority authorising the motorbike to be driven on the public land; or
the person is a police officer performing the functions of a police officer; or
the person is an employee, contractor or volunteer of a government entity or a local government, performing the person’s functions as an employee, contractor or volunteer of the government entity or local government; or
the person is an employee or volunteer of a contractor of a government entity or a local government, performing the person’s functions as an employee or volunteer of the contractor; or
the person is acting under a lease, licence or authority, issued under an Act, that requires or authorises access to the public land.
A person is in possession of a motorbike access authority for subsection (1) (a) if the motorbike access authority is—
for a motorbike access authority issued in the form of a written document—carried by the person; or
for a motorbike access authority issued in the form of a label capable of being attached to a motorbike—attached to the motorbike being driven by the person.
(sec.4-ssec.1) For section 11A of the Act , a person must not drive a motorbike on public land unless— the public land is an area of public land prescribed under this regulation ( motorbike control land ) and the person is in possession of a motorbike access authority authorising the motorbike to be driven on the public land; or the person is a police officer performing the functions of a police officer; or the person is an employee, contractor or volunteer of a government entity or a local government, performing the person’s functions as an employee, contractor or volunteer of the government entity or local government; or the person is an employee or volunteer of a contractor of a government entity or a local government, performing the person’s functions as an employee or volunteer of the contractor; or the person is acting under a lease, licence or authority, issued under an Act, that requires or authorises access to the public land.
(sec.4-ssec.2) A person is in possession of a motorbike access authority for subsection (1) (a) if the motorbike access authority is— for a motorbike access authority issued in the form of a written document—carried by the person; or for a motorbike access authority issued in the form of a label capable of being attached to a motorbike—attached to the motorbike being driven by the person.
- (a) the public land is an area of public land prescribed under this regulation ( motorbike control land ) and the person is in possession of a motorbike access authority authorising the motorbike to be driven on the public land; or
- (b) the person is a police officer performing the functions of a police officer; or
- (c) the person is an employee, contractor or volunteer of a government entity or a local government, performing the person’s functions as an employee, contractor or volunteer of the government entity or local government; or
- (d) the person is an employee or volunteer of a contractor of a government entity or a local government, performing the person’s functions as an employee or volunteer of the contractor; or
- (e) the person is acting under a lease, licence or authority, issued under an Act, that requires or authorises access to the public land.
- (a) for a motorbike access authority issued in the form of a written document—carried by the person; or
- (b) for a motorbike access authority issued in the form of a label capable of being attached to a motorbike—attached to the motorbike being driven by the person.