Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LAKES ACT 1976 - SECT 30

    (1)     Where, in the opinion of an inspector, a vehicle or boat in a lake area—

        (a)     is obstructing or is likely to obstruct the free passage of any person, vehicle or boat in the lake area; or

        (b)     should, in the interests of safety or of the public, be moved;

the inspector may direct the owner or person in charge of the vehicle or boat to move it to another place in, or to remove it from, the lake area.

    (2)     Where an inspector—

        (a)     is unable to give a direction under subsection (1) by reason of the absence of the owner or person in charge of the vehicle or boat; or

        (b)     gives a direction under subsection (1) and the owner or person in charge of the vehicle or boat contravenes the direction;

the inspector may, with such assistance (if any) and by such means, as he or she thinks necessary, move the vehicle or boat to another place in, or remove it from, the lake area.

    (3)     Where an inspector, in the exercise of his or her powers under subsection (2), moves or removes a vehicle or boat, the Territory may recover the cost of the moving or removing, as the case may be, of the vehicle or boat as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

    (4)     An inspector is not liable for any damage that he or she may cause to a vehicle or boat in the proper exercise of his or her powers under this section.