2015-04-2015 Attachment 1 to Item 20 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Proposed Noosa Council Local Law No. 1 to No. 6

                    Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 6 (Bathing Reserves) 2015               7

          (b)    a rubber float or board that does not give rise to risk of injury to other
                 bathers may be used in a bathing area; and
          (c)    if an authorised person authorises the use of other aquatic equipment in a
                 bathing area, the equipment may be used subject to conditions fixed by the
                 authorised person when giving the authorisation; and
          (d)    life-saving equipment may be used in a bathing area by members of a life-
                 saving patrol for surveillance of the bathing area or to assist bathers in
                 distress.

12    Restrictions on use of aquatic equipment in bathing reserves
     (1) The local government may, by subordinate local law, prohibit or restrict the use of
         aquatic equipment or a specified class of aquatic equipment within a bathing
         reserve or a particular part of a bathing reserve.
     (2) Notice of a prohibition or restriction imposed under this section must be included
         on the reserve signs or on notices adjacent to the reserve signs.
     (3) A person must not use aquatic equipment in contravention of a prohibition or
         restriction imposed under this section unless authorised to do so by an authorised
         person under section 13, or authorised under another law.
          Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—20 penalty units.

13    Reservation of areas for use of aquatic equipment
     (1) An authorised person may temporarily set apart a particular part of a bathing
         reserve for the use of aquatic equipment of a particular type.
     (2) A part of the bathing reserve set apart under this section must be defined by signs
         and flags or in some other way that clearly indicates the relevant part of the
         reserve and the use for which it is set apart.
     (3) If a part of a bathing reserve is set apart for the use of aquatic equipment of a
         particular type under this section, a person must not—
          (a)    use aquatic equipment of the relevant type in the bathing reserve outside the
                 part of the reserve set apart for its use; or
          (b)    use aquatic equipment, in the relevant part of the reserve, that is not of the
                 type for which the relevant part of the reserve is set apart.
          Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—20 penalty units.

Part 4                 Behaviour in bathing reserves
14    Dangerous objects
     (1) A person must not bring an item of aquatic equipment or other object into a
         bathing reserve, or use aquatic equipment or anything else in a bathing reserve, if
         the item or object is dangerous.
          Maximum penalty for subsection (1)—20 penalty units.
     (2) This section does not apply to life-saving equipment used by members of a life-
         saving patrol for surveillance of the bathing reserve or to assist bathers in distress.