- (a) has a permit issued by the authority of the protected place; or
- (b) is permitted to enter the protected place by an authorised officer of the protected place who is on duty at the protected place at that time.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Directions to control persons’ entry to and movement and conduct in protected area or protected place
21.—(1) The authority, or an authorised officer, of a protected area or a protected place may give directions to regulate, restrict or prohibit a person’s entry to, or movement or conduct in, that protected area or that protected place.
(2) The directions under subsection (1) may be given generally or to a particular person or group of persons, and may be in writing or given orally.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the directions under that subsection may include requiring a person who enters, is about to enter or is in that protected area or that protected place to do one or more of the following:
- (a) provide the person’s name and residential address;
- (b) furnish evidence of the person’s identity;
- (c) provide the person’s reason for entering or being in that protected area or that protected place;
- (d) permit a search to be made of the person;
- (e) where the person is the owner or operator of any vehicle or vessel that enters, is about to enter or is in that protected area or that protected place, permit a search to be made of the vehicle or vessel.
(4) Every person who enters, is about to enter or is in that protected area or that protected place must comply with every direction given
