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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).