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"(2) Where, in accordance with sub-section (1), a court of summary jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence, the penalty that the court may impose is a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both.

Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws
"116zc. (1) This Part and the by-laws, in so far as they apply in relation to public areas, are not intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation of a law of a State or Territory.
"(2) In interpreting whether, in relation to land owned or held under lease by the Commonwealth, any provision of this Act (other than this Part) is intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation of a law of a State or Territory, sub-section (1) shall be disregarded.

By-laws
"116zd. (1) The Minister may make by-laws, not inconsistent with this Act, for and in relation to the control and management of public areas.
"(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), by-laws may be made—

      (a) providing for functions and powers to be conferred, and duties to be imposed, upon rangers;
      (b) regulating or prohibiting the pollution of soil, air or water in a manner that is, or is likely to be, harmful to people or wildlife in, or to the natural features of, public areas;
      (c) regulating or prohibiting tourism in public areas;
      (d) providing for the protection and preservation of public areas and property and things in public areas;
      (e) regulating or prohibiting access to public areas by persons or classes of persons;
      (f) providing for the removal of trespassers from public areas;
      (g) regulating or prohibiting camping in public areas;
      (h) providing for the safety of persons in public areas;
      (j) regulating or prohibiting the use of fire in public areas;
      (k) regulating the conduct of persons in public areas;
      (m) regulating or prohibiting the carrying on of any trade or commerce in a public area;
      (n) regulating or prohibiting the use of vehicles in public areas and providing for signs and road markings for those purposes;
      (p) providing for the removal of vehicles, aircraft or vessels from places in public areas where they have been left in contravention of the by-laws or have been abandoned and for the impounding of such vehicles, aircraft or vessels;
      (q) making provision to the effect that, where a contravention of a provision of the by-laws relating to the parking or stopping of vehicles in a public area occurs in respect of a motor vehicle, the person who is to be regarded as the owner of the motor vehicle for the purposes of the by-laws (who may, in accordance with the by-laws, be or