Public Works Act 1912 No 45
Current version for 6 January 2012 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 12:40)
Part 8Division 5Section 150

150   Penalty on persons omitting to fasten gates

(1)  If any person omits to shut and fasten any gate set up at either side of any authorised work for the accommodation of the owners or occupiers of the adjoining lands as soon as the person and the carriages or cattle or other animals under the person’s care have passed through the same, the person shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding 0.5 penalty unit.
(2)  Every such penalty may be recovered in a summary way before the Local Court at the suit of any person authorised by the Constructing Authority.
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