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Wildlife Act 1975
58LOffence to refuse or fail to comply with direction to leave area to which banning notice applies
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58L Offence to refuse or fail to comply with direction to leave area to which banning notice applies
(1) A person to whom a direction under section 58K is given must not refuse or fail to comply with that direction.
Penalty: For a first offence, 20 penalty units;
For a second or subsequent offence, 60 penalty units.
S. 58L(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 184.7).
(2) Despite subsection (1), it is not an offence for a person to refuse or fail to comply with a direction under section 58K if the authorised officer or police officer did not comply with section 58K(3).
(3) Section 72 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 applies in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2).