s 1Name of Act
This Act is the Nudity Act 1976.
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This Act is the Nudity Act 1976.
A note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
The Minister may, in writing, declare an area to be a prescribed area.
A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
Within 7 days after making a declaration under section 2, the Minister must give additional public notice of the declaration.
A declaration is not invalid if the Minister does not comply with subsection (1).
Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (1) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.
A person does not commit an offence against a territory law only because the person is naked in an area declared by the Minister under section 2 to be a prescribed area.