Temporary closure of access
82 Temporary closure of access
A pastoral lessee may, for reasons associated with the reasonable management of the lessee's pastoral lease, after advising the Board of the intention to do so, by giving public notice and by reasonable indication on or in the vicinity of the land to which the notice refers, close any land the subject of the pastoral lease on which members of the public would otherwise have the right to be and any access route nominated under section 79 or 81 to that land or water adjacent to the land, but so that such land or access route is not closed by the lessee for more than 2 weeks in a year, except with the approval in writing of the Board.
The Board may determine the manner in which the public notice is to be given.
The Board may direct a pastoral lessee to revoke or amend a notice under this section in such manner as it thinks fit to ensure that the public has reasonable access to the land or water without unduly interfering with the operations of the pastoral enterprise and the pastoral lessee must, as soon as practicable, comply with the direction.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.
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