South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WATERWORKS ACT 1932 - SECT 65

65—Entry onto land of the Corporation

        (1)         A person who enters onto, or remains on, land owned or occupied by the Corporation or that is under the care, control and management of the Corporation without being authorised to do so by the Corporation is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $315.

        (2)         Without limiting the manner in which the Corporation may authorise a person to enter and remain on land, the Corporation may authorise members of the public to enter and remain on its land by notice published in the Gazette.

        (3)         A notice referred to in subsection (2) may be varied or revoked by the Corporation by subsequent notice published in the Gazette.

        (4)         An authorisation under this section is subject to conditions imposed—

            (a)         by this section; or

            (b)         by regulation; or

            (c)         by including them in a notice published in the Gazette under subsection (2) or in any other form of authorisation given by the Corporation; or

            (d)         by direction of a person under subsection (5) ; or

            (e)         by two or more of those methods.

        (5)         A person acting with the authority of the Corporation (whether an employee of the Corporation or not) may give directions to persons on, or about to enter, land referred to in subsection (1) in relation to their entry, or their right to remain on, the land.

        (6)         A direction given to a person under subsection (5) is a condition of that person's authorisation to enter and remain on the land.

        (7)         It is a condition of an authorisation under this section (except in the case of a person who has been exempted from this condition by the Corporation) that a person who is on land referred to in subsection (1) —

            (a)         must carry with him or her identification that shows his or her name and his or her current residential address; and

            (b)         must present the identification to a person who is entitled to give directions under subsection (5) when requested to do so.

        (8)         A person must not give directions under subsection (5) or make a request under subsection (7)(b) unless he or she—

            (a)         carries identification issued by the Corporation that states that he or she is authorised to act under this section; and

            (b)         presents, or makes a genuine attempt to present, the identification to a person for inspection when giving a direction to the person under subsection (5) or when requesting to see the person's identification under subsection (7) .

        (9)         A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a condition to which an authorisation is subject is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $315.