Unauthorised use of emergency patrol signals
58 Unauthorised use of emergency patrol signals
A person commits an offence if—
the person operates a boat on a lake; and
the boat displays an emergency patrol signal.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a defendant if the defendant—
has been allowed, in writing, by a police officer to display the emergency patrol signal for carrying out an emergency patrol; or
operated the boat for a relevant person for the purpose of carrying out an emergency patrol.
Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code, s 58).
In this section:
relevant person means—
a member of the ambulance service; or
a member of the fire and rescue service; or
a member of the rural fire service; or
a member of the SES; or
a police officer.
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