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Gangs Act 2024

Dispersal notices and non-consorting orders - Dispersal notices - Offence

19: Breach of dispersal notice

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“Breaking the rules of a dispersal notice can get you in trouble”

If you get a dispersal notice, you need to follow its rules. You break the law if you do two things: first, you’ve been given a dispersal notice, and second, you knowingly meet up with someone named in the notice in a public place while the notice is still active. You need to have a good reason if you do meet up, or it’s against the law.

If you break this law, you could get in trouble. A judge might send you to prison for up to 6 months or make you pay a fine of up to $5,000.

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Part 3 Dispersal notices and non-consorting orders
Dispersal notices: Offence

19Breach of dispersal notice

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. has been served with a dispersal notice; and
    1. knowingly, and without reasonable excuse, associates with a named person in a public place during the period in which the notice is in effect.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $5,000.