New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

SYDNEY HARBOUR FORESHORE AUTHORITY REGULATION 2006 - REG 23

23 Removal of certain persons from public areas

(1) A person who:

(a) causes annoyance or inconvenience to other persons in a public area, or

(b) contravenes any provision of this Regulation in a public area, or

(c) trespasses on any part of a public area closed to the public,

must leave the area forthwith when requested to do so by a ranger or police officer.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person who fails to comply with such a request may be removed from a public area by a ranger or police officer.

(3) Reasonable force may be used to effect the person’s removal.

(4) A person is not guilty of an offence under this clause unless it is established that the ranger or police officer warned the person that the failure to comply with the request is an offence.