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Infrastructure Protection Act 2017 s 12

s 12 Duties of authority of protected area

12.—(1) The authority of a protected area must, on the date that the protected area order for the protected area takes effect, display prominently at the perimeter of the protected area adequate notices about the protected area. (2) Where the Minister amends the protected area order under section 11 (called in this section the amended order) by changing the specification of the protected area (called in this section the amended protected area), the authority of the amended protected area must, on the date that the amended order takes effect, display prominently at the perimeter of the amended protected area adequate notices about the amended protected area. (3) The authority must, while the protected area order or the amended order is in force —(a) display and maintain the notices required under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be; (b) where guards are deployed by the authority in, or in any specified surrounding area of, the protected area, ensure that every guard so deployed is an authorised officer; and (c) provide such information about the guards deployed by the authority in, or in any specified surrounding area of, the protected area, at such times and in such form and manner, as the Minister or the Commissioner of Police may require. (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (3)(b) or (c) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. (5) To avoid doubt, in subsection (3) —(a) a reference to a protected area includes a reference to an amended protected area; and (b) a reference to the authority of a protected area includes a reference to the authority of an amended protected area.

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