Daisy operates a food truck business. Over the past year, for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon,
Question:
Daisy operates a food truck business. Over the past year, for 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon, Daisy sells gelato from her food truck on the grass next to the inner north bike path that winds through the Dickson wetlands in Canberra.
Daisy has received an infringement notice and fine of $300 from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government. The letter points to the statute titled Camping (Protection of wetlands and wildlife) Act 1997 (ACT). Relevantly, the Act provides:
It is prohibited to erect tents, gazebos, marquees, and other recreational structures in the wetlands.
Daisy asks you to help her interpret the statute. Has she contravened the Act?
Note this is a fictional Act. relevant material regarding the tools for statutory interpretation. Please use IRAC to answer your question.
Principles of Accounting
ISBN: 978-0618736614
10th edition
Authors: Belverd Needles, Marian Powers, Susan Crosson