Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NATIONAL LIBRARY REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 10

(1)

A person must not, on Library property:

(a)

interfere with, or engage in conduct that damages, an exhibit, plant, structure or object; or

(b)

engage in conduct that obstructs, disturbs or annoys another person properly using the premises; or

(c)

engage in conduct that destroys, alters or erases a computer program on a computer, computer system or part of a computer system; or

(d)

attach any article to, write on or otherwise engage in conduct that defaces, any structure; or

(e)

engage in conduct that exposes or causes to be exposed for show, sale or hire any article for use or consumption by a member of the public if the person does not have the written consent of the Council or the Director-General; or

(f)

contravene a reasonable direction of an authorised person.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

(2)

It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against paragraph (1) (d) or (f) if the person had a reasonable excuse.

Note    A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the question whether he or she had a reasonable excuse (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code ).

(3)

Strict liability applies to paragraph (1) (f).