Unlawfully entering or remaining on particular land
13 Unlawfully entering or remaining on particular land
A person must not unlawfully enter, or remain on, land used for—
an agricultural activity; or
an animal husbandry activity; or
a holding facility; or
a food production facility, including, for example, a facility that produces food for animal consumption; or
the exhibition of animals.Examples for paragraph (e)—wildlife park or zoo
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.
Subsection (1) applies whether or not the person lawfully entered the land.
A person must not unlawfully open, and leave open, any gate, fence or other barrier that encloses all or part of enclosed land used for—
an agricultural activity; or
an animal husbandry activity; or
a holding facility; or
a food production facility, including, for example, a facility that produces pet food; or
the exhibition of animals.Examples for paragraph (e)—wildlife park or zoo
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
This section does not prevent an authorised industrial officer entering, or remaining in or on, a workplace in accordance with the terms of the person’s appointment as an authorised industrial officer.
In this section—agricultural activity includes—
cultivating soil; and
broadcasting seed to establish an improved pasture; and
planting, gathering or harvesting a crop, including a food or fibre crop; and
growing non-indigenous grasses, legumes or forage cultivars; and
horticulture or viticulture activities.
animal husbandry activity includes—
breeding, keeping, raising or caring for animals, for commercial purposes; and
establishing or operating a dairy, feedlot, piggery or animal saleyard; and
grazing animals; and
aquaculture; and
beekeeping; and
poultry farming of more than 100 birds; and
testing or inoculation of animals, including using diagnostic agents, serums and vaccines.
exhibit, an animal, includes display the animal at a private event.holding facility means a place where 1 or more types of animal are regularly or periodically held or kept on a temporary basis, including, for example, any of the following—
a local government reserve or commonage;
a pound;
an animal refuge;
a meat processing facility;
a live export holding;
a showground for animals;
a sporting ground for animals;
a stock route.
live export holding means—
a depot for the live export of animals; or
an embarkation point for the export of live animals.
meat processing facility means an abattoir or other facility at which animals are killed for meat for trade or commerce.stock route see the Stock Route Management Act 2002, schedule 3.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.