University of the Sunshine Coast Act 1998
sch.1-sec.7Regulatory notice
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sch.1-sec.7 Regulatory notice
The university may erect or display at or near any vehicular entrance to the university’s land, a notice (a regulatory notice ) regulating the driving, parking or standing of vehicles on the land, including, for example— fixing a maximum speed limit; or indicating a pedestrian crossing; or indicating a place where the driving, parking or standing of a vehicle is restricted or prohibited. A person on the university’s land must comply with a regulatory notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. A regulatory notice— must state the limits of the area to which the notice applies; and may state that a contravention of a requirement of the notice is an offence against this Act and the penalty for the offence. Without limiting subsection (1) , the university may erect and display regulatory notices in the form of official traffic signs. Evidence that a regulatory notice was erected or displayed at a place mentioned in subsection (1) is evidence that the notice was erected or displayed by the university. A regulatory notice erected or displayed under this section must be easily visible to passers-by. (sch.1-sec.7-ssec.1) The university may erect or display at or near any vehicular entrance to the university’s land, a notice (a regulatory notice ) regulating the driving, parking or standing of vehicles on the land, including, for example— fixing a maximum speed limit; or indicating a pedestrian crossing; or indicating a place where the driving, parking or standing of a vehicle is restricted or prohibited. (sch.1-sec.7-ssec.2) A person on the university’s land must comply with a regulatory notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sch.1-sec.7-ssec.3) A regulatory notice— must state the limits of the area to which the notice applies; and may state that a contravention of a requirement of the notice is an offence against this Act and the penalty for the offence. (sch.1-sec.7-ssec.4) Without limiting subsection (1) , the university may erect and display regulatory notices in the form of official traffic signs. (sch.1-sec.7-ssec.5) Evidence that a regulatory notice was erected or displayed at a place mentioned in subsection (1) is evidence that the notice was erected or displayed by the university. (sch.1-sec.7-ssec.6) A regulatory notice erected or displayed under this section must be easily visible to passers-by.
- (a) fixing a maximum speed limit; or
- (b) indicating a pedestrian crossing; or
- (c) indicating a place where the driving, parking or standing of a vehicle is restricted or prohibited.
- (a) must state the limits of the area to which the notice applies; and
- (b) may state that a contravention of a requirement of the notice is an offence against this Act and the penalty for the offence.