Queensland Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 - SECT 11A

11A Unlawful driving of motorbike on public land

(1) A person must not drive a motorbike on public land in contravention of a regulation under this Act or a local law that regulates access by motorbikes to public land, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) If a regulation under this Act or a local law requires a person to possess a stated type of authority while driving a motorbike on public land, a person who drives a motorbike on public land must be in possession of the stated authority while driving the motorbike, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) A person found by a police officer driving a motorbike on land mentioned in subsection (1) must produce the stated authority to the police officer on request.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"motorbike" has the meaning given by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , and includes a 4-wheeled motorbike that is ridden in the same way as a motorbike.

"public land" , for a regulation or local law, means public land as defined under the regulation or local law, but does not include a road.

"road" has the meaning given by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.