Individual entering or remaining in restricted place
9.—(1)  Subject to regulation 13, an individual must not intentionally enter a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place if —
(a)the individual does not have a cleared status when entering; and
(b)the individual —
(i)knows that he or she does not have a cleared status when entering the restricted place during that restricted period; or
(ii)is reckless as to whether he or she has a cleared status when entering the restricted place during that restricted period.
(2)  Subject to regulation 13, an individual must not intentionally remain in a restricted place at any time during a restricted period of the restricted place if —
(a)the individual —
(i)knows that he or she stops having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period; or
(ii)is reckless as to whether he or she continues having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period; and
(b)the individual stops having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period.
(3)  An individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(4)  Without limiting the meaning of “reasonable excuse” in regulation 2(1), a reasonable excuse for contravening this regulation includes entering or remaining in a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place in any of the following circumstances:
(a)the individual did not know or could not reasonably have known that the place is a restricted place;
(b)the entry or remaining in the restricted place during the restricted period was to comply with a direction given to the individual by or on behalf of a public officer or a public body in exercise of a power under any written law.