Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC UNLEASED LAND ACT 2013 (NO. 3 OF 2013) - SECT 43

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     uses public unleased land; and

        (b)     does not hold a public unleased land permit authorising the use.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a person if the person—

        (a)     holds a work approval or sign approval for the public unleased land; and

        (b)     uses the public unleased land in accordance with the approval.

    (4)     This section does not apply to a person if the person—

        (a)     holds a licence under the Planning and Development Act 2007

, section 303, to occupy or use the public unleased land; and

        (b)     occupies or uses the public unleased land in accordance with the licence.

    (5)     This section does not apply to a person who parks a vehicle on public unleased land if—

        (a)     the person holds a licence under the Hawkers Act 2003

to use the vehicle to sell goods or services in the public unleased land; and

        (b)     the person is carrying on the business of a hawker under that Act in accordance with the licence.