(1) A person must not, without lawful authority, in a restricted area ¾

(a) launch or beach a vessel;

(b) anchor a vessel by placing the anchor on a beach; or

(c) access, operate or retrieve a vessel,

if that activity is prohibited under regulation 5.

Penalty: $1 000.

(2) A person must not, without lawful authority, in a restricted area, contravene a restriction imposed under regulation 5 in respect of ¾

(a) launching or beaching a vessel;

(b) anchoring a vessel by placing the anchor on a beach; or

(c) accessing, operating or retrieving a vessel.

(3) An authorised officer may direct a person in charge of a vessel in a restricted area to remove the vessel from the restricted area.

(4) A person must comply with a direction under subregulation (3).

Penalty: $1 000.

(5) If ¾

(a) the person in charge of a vessel does not comply with a direction under subregulation (3) within a period that the authorised officer considers reasonable; or

(b) the authorised officer is unable to find a person who has, or appears to the authorised officer to have, possession or control of the vessel,

the authorised officer may move the vessel or cause the vessel to be moved.

(6) Nothing in subregulation (5) affects the liability of a person under subregulations (1) and (4).

(7) In this regulation ¾

}beach~ includes any part of the foreshore that is above the low water mark whether it is covered by water or not.