Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00976:reg:50
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00976
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 50
Character Range: 58311–59400

50  Removal of certain persons from Trust land
 (1) A ranger who believes on reasonable grounds that a person on Trust land has committed, or is committing, an offence against this instrument may request the person to leave the Trust land immediately.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) a request is made to the person under subsection (1); and
 (b) the person fails to comply with the request.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply unless the ranger, at the time of making the request:
 (a) produced the ranger's identity card, or identification as a police officer; and
 (b) warned the person that the failure to comply with the request is an offence.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
 (4) Strict liability applies to subsection (2).
 (5) A person who fails to comply with a request under subsection (1) may be removed from Trust land by a ranger.
 (6) However, in effecting a person's removal, no more force is to be used than is reasonably necessary.