New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ANZAC MEMORIAL (BUILDING) ACT 1923 - SECT 9

9 By-laws

(1) The trustees may make by-laws not inconsistent with this Act, for the general control and management of the memorial building, and the land described in the Schedule to this Act, for the protection of any structure thereupon, for the removal of trespassers and other persons loitering upon or causing annoyance or inconvenience upon the said land, and for regulating the conduct of their own proceedings, including the times, places, conduct and quorum of their meetings.

(2) A by-law made under subsection (1) shall be approved by the Governor.

(3) A by-law may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 40 penalty units.

(3A) Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the by-laws may be taken before the Local Court.

(4) The whole amount of all penalties imposed under this Act or the by-laws shall be paid to the trustees to be applied by them for the purposes of this Act.

(4A) Instead of imposing a fine on a person for an offence under a by-law that results in damage to, or the defacing of, the Memorial Building or any part of the land described in the Schedule, the court:

(a) may make an order under section 8 (1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 directing the person to perform community service work, or

(b) may make an order under section 5 (1) of the Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987 requiring the person to perform community service work,

as the case requires.

(5) The trustees or an officer appointed by them may call in the aid of the police for the removal by force if necessary of any person who is found committing a breach of any by-law or who is loitering upon the land described in the Schedule to this Act or who by disorderly or insulting conduct upon or in the immediate neighbourhood of such land causes annoyance or inconvenience to persons being on the said land or going to or coming from the same.