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WORKPLACES (PROTECTION FROM PROTESTERS) ACT 2014 (NO. 25 OF 2014) - SECT 8 Persons must, at direction of police officer, leave and stay away from business access areas

WORKPLACES (PROTECTION FROM PROTESTERS) ACT 2014 (NO. 25 OF 2014) - SECT 8

Persons must, at direction of police officer, leave and stay away from business access areas
(1)  A person must not –
(a) remain on a business access area in relation to business premises after having been directed by a police officer under section 11 to leave the business access area; or
(b) enter a business access area in relation to business premises within 4 days after having been directed by a police officer under section 11 to leave –
(i) the business premises; or
(ii) a business access area in relation to the business premises.
Penalty:  In the case of –
(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $100 000; or
(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding $10 000.
(2)  It is a defence to an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant proves that he or she had a lawful excuse for committing the offence.