Queensland Consolidated Acts

RECREATION AREAS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 133

133 General misconduct

(1) A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse—

(a) be disorderly or create a disturbance; or

(b) do anything that interferes, or is likely to interfere, with the safety or health of the person or someone else in the area.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse or the chief executive’s written approval—

(a) restrict access to, for example, by cordoning off, a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area; or

(b) claim to have an exclusive right to use a part of the area or a barbecue, table or other facility in the area.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) A person in a recreation area must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse—

(a) defecate within 10m of a lake, watercourse, natural water storage, walking track or other facility, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose; or

(b) bury human waste, other than in a facility provided by the chief executive for the purpose, within 10m of any of the following—

(i) a lake, watercourse or natural water storage;

(ii) an occupied or established camp site;

(iii) a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site;

(iv) a walking track or other public facility; or

(c) leave human waste unburied.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) A person must not tamper with a building, fence, gate, notice, sign or structure in a recreation area unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.