Queensland Consolidated Acts

RECREATION AREAS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 170

170 Power to give direction about vehicle, vessel, aircraft or recreational craft

(1) If an authorised officer believes it is reasonably necessary, the officer may give the person in control of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or recreational craft in a recreation area an oral or written direction regulating or prohibiting the driving, riding, parking, mooring or use of it in the area.

(2) The direction may also be given in a way that sufficiently shows the officer’s intention.

Example—

by use of a sign or signal

(3) The directions the officer may give include directions for all or any of the following—

(a) preventing or remedying any harm to, or loss or destruction of, the area’s cultural or natural resources;

(b) securing the safety of a person or a person’s property;

(c) minimising disturbance to persons in the area.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3) , a direction may require the person in control of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or recreational craft to remove it from the area.

(5) A person must comply with a direction given under this section, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(6) It is not a reasonable excuse that the person holds an authority that is inconsistent with the direction.