Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468:reg:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 14
Character Range: 29819–30897

14  General restrictions on boats
 (1) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person:
 (a) puts a boat in a lake or takes a boat from a lake (other than a personal watercraft) at a place that is not in a launching area prescribed for the purposes of section 13; or
 (b) beaches, cleans or repairs a boat (other than a personal watercraft) in a lake area at a place that is not in a beaching area prescribed for the purposes of section 13; or
 (c) embarks on to, or disembarks from, a boat on a lake in an area prescribed for the purposes of section 13 to be an area where embarkation and disembarkation are not permitted; or
 (d) lands a boat on a lake shore, or an island in a lake, in an area prescribed for the purposes of section 13 to be an area where landing of boats is not permitted.
Penalty: 23 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person's conduct is authorised by a regulated activity permit.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).