2015-02-03 P&O Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Proposed Local Laws

                     Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 6 (Bathing Reserves) 2015                           9


Part 5                   Life-saving clubs and powers of authorised
                         persons

Division 1               Life-saving clubs and patrols
19    Recognised life-saving clubs
     (1) The local government may, after consultation with interested life-saving clubs,
         assign to a life-saving club the responsibility for patrolling a bathing reserve or a
         particular part of a bathing reserve.
     (2) The responsibility—
          (a)    may be assigned on conditions the local government considers appropriate;
                 and
          (b)    may only be assigned with the agreement of the club to which the
                 responsibility is assigned.

20    Enclosure for life-saving patrols
          A recognised life-saving club may, with the local government’s written approval,
          enclose a part of a bathing reserve for the exclusive use of members of life-saving
          patrols.

21    Distinctive clothing
          A member of a life-saving patrol must wear a distinctive uniform appropriate to
          the member’s rank in a design approved by SLSQ.

Division 2               Powers of authorised persons
22    Power to remove or reduce danger
     (1) If a person brings a dangerous object or dangerous item of aquatic equipment onto
         a bathing reserve, an authorised person may direct the person to take specified
         action to remove or reduce the danger posed by the object or item.
          Example—
          If a person brings a beach umbrella onto a bathing reserve and the umbrella appears likely to blow
          away, an authorised person might direct the person to take specified action to secure the umbrella.
     (2) A person must comply with a direction under this section.
          Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—20 penalty units.

23    Power to stop dangerous and antisocial conduct
     (1) If a person behaves in a bathing reserve in a way that endangers the safety of the
         person or someone else, or causes a nuisance to someone else, an authorised
         person may direct the person to stop the behaviour.
     (2) A person must comply with a direction under this section.
          Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—20 penalty units.

24    Power to require bathers to leave water
     (1) An authorised person may give a direction to a bather to leave the water if—