Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468:reg:20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20
Character Range: 35605–36444

20  Speed limits
 (1) The rules may prescribe the speed limit for operating a boat on a lake.
 (2) The rules may prescribe:
 (a) a different speed limit for different parts of a lake; and
 (b) a different speed limit for different classes of boat; and
 (c) a different speed limit for different circumstances of operation.
 (3) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
 (a) the person operates a boat on a place in a lake; and
 (b) the boat is operated at a speed greater than the speed limit applying to the operation of the boat in that place.
Penalty: 15 penalty units.
 (4) Subsection (3) does not apply if operating the boat at that speed 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).