Looma Community Inc. By-laws

Except as provided to the contrary in any Act or regulation a person who is not a member of the community shall not enter or remain on community land without the permission of the Council.

The Council may in its absolute discretion —

grant or refuse permission for a person to enter community land orally or in writing;

impose such conditions as it thinks fit in granting permission to enter community land and;

revoke such permission at any time.

The Council may delegate its powers under this by‑law to any person as the Council thinks fit and without prejudice to its own exercise of its powers under this by‑law.

Except as provided to the contrary in any Act or regulation any person who —

enters community land without the prior permission of the Council;

having been granted permission to enter community land on certain conditions breaches any such condition; or

having entered community land with permission of the Council refuses to leave when requested to do so by the Council or its duly authorised delegate,

Subject to the provision of any Act or regulation to the contrary, the Council may place signs on community land for the purpose of prohibiting entry to the part of the land on which the sign is placed or to such part of the community land indicated by the inscription on the sign.

An inscription on such a sign operates and has effect according to its tenor.

Any person who fails to obey the directions in the inscription on such a sign commits an offence.

A person shall not enter the home of another person without obtaining the prior permission of that person.

A person who is in a home other than his own shall leave that home if and when he is directed to do so by an occupier of that home.

The Council may cause signs called “traffic signs” to be erected on community land for the purpose of prohibiting, regulating or guiding vehicle traffic and the passage of pedestrians.

The inscription on a traffic sign operates and has effect according to its tenor.

Any person who fails to comply with the directions in an inscription on a traffic sign commits an offence.

A person shall not drive a vehicle on community land without due care and attention.

A person shall not drive a vehicle on community land at a speed or in any other manner that is, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, dangerous to any person.

The Council may declare any area of community land as an area to which access by vehicles or certain types of vehicles shall be prohibited.

Any person who drives a vehicle in an area declared to be a prohibited area by the Council under this by‑law commits an offence.

brings alcohol onto community land;

assists another person to bring alcohol onto community land;

is in possession of alcohol on community land;

sells or supplies alcohol to another person on community land; or

enters community land in a drunken condition;

in any home or in an enclosure around a home without the permission of the occupier of that home; or

in any other area of the community land except in a rubbish bin or in an area set aside by the Council for leaving rubbish and litter.