Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2017 - REG 94

94 Complying with direction to leave camping site for person camping at same site for long periods

(1) A conservation officer may give a person camping in a part of a protected area (the
"camping site" ) a written direction stating the person, and each person camping with the person, must—

(a) leave the camping site; and

(b) remove all of the person’s possessions and the equipment or other things being used for camping from the site; and

(c) not return to the site for a stated period.

(2) However, the officer may give the direction only if—

(a) the officer reasonably believes—

(i) the same, or predominantly the same, equipment or other things used for camping have occupied the site for 30 days or more and it is necessary or desirable to allow the site to be used by another person who is authorised under the Act to camp at the site; or

(ii) the natural condition of the site has been, or is being, degraded by the presence of the equipment or other things being used for camping at the site; or

(iii) it is necessary for the person to leave the site for health or safety reasons; and

(b) another part of the protected area is available for the person to use for camping.

(3) The direction must—

(a) state the reason why the direction is given; and

(b) include a warning that it is an offence to fail to comply with the direction.

(4) The conservation officer’s failure to comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the direction.

(5) A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) , and each person camping with the person, must comply with the direction.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (5) —50 penalty units.