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Human Rights Act 1993

Miscellaneous provisions

134: Access by the public to places, vehicles, and facilities

You could also call this:

"Everyone has the right to use public places, vehicles, and facilities"

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You can get in trouble if you stop someone from entering a place or using a vehicle that the public can use. This includes not letting people use facilities like toilets or shops in those places. You can also get in trouble if you make someone leave a place or vehicle when they are allowed to be there, if this goes against the rules in Part 2. If you break this rule, you might have to pay a fine of up to $3,000. The law considers a vehicle to be not just a car, but also a boat, plane, or hovercraft. This means that the rules apply to all these types of vehicles.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions

134Access by the public to places, vehicles, and facilities

  1. Every person commits an offence who—

  2. refuses to allow any other person access to or use of any place or vehicle which members of the public are entitled or allowed to enter or use; or
    1. refuses any other person the use of any facilities in that place or vehicle which are available to members of the public; or
      1. requires any other person to leave or to cease to use that place or vehicle or those facilities,—
          1. when that refusal or requirement is in breach of any of the provisions of Part 2.

        1. Every person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.

        2. In this section, the term vehicle includes a vessel, an aircraft, or a hovercraft.

        Compare
        • 1971 No 150 s 24
        • 1977 No 49 s 86
        Notes
        • Section 134(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).