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(2) Where the authority of that protected area or that protected place implements any measure authorised by the Minister under subsection (1), the authority must take reasonably necessary precautions (including the prominent display of warning notices) to prevent any accidental entry to that protected area or that protected place.

(3) Where the precautions mentioned in subsection (2) are taken, no person shall be entitled to any compensation or damages for any injury sustained or death caused as a result of any unauthorised entry to that protected area or that protected place.

Application of sections 27 and 28

26.—(1) Sections 27 and 28 only apply to the specified surrounding area (if any) of a protected area or a protected place.

(2) An authorised officer of a protected area or a protected place may exercise a power under sections 27 and 28 in any specified surrounding area of that protected area or that protected place—

(a) in the case where the specified surrounding area is a public place, at any time; and
(b) in any other case, only with the consent of the owner or occupier of the specified surrounding area.

Directions to move on from specified surrounding area of protected area or protected place

27.—(1) An authorised officer of a protected area or a protected place may ask a person in the specified surrounding area of 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 being in the specified surrounding area.

(2) If a person in the specified surrounding area fails to comply with any request under subsection (1) or satisfy the authorised officer that