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A road is a road (sec 12 below). A servo forecourt is not a road (sec 13 below) of Aust Road Rules (see below - my bold);
S12
1) A road is an area that is open to or used by the public and is
developed for, or has as one of its main uses, the driving or
riding of motor vehicles.
Critical words being the driving or riding of vehicles
S13
What is a road-related area
.......
(d) an area that is not a road and that is open to or used by
the public for driving, riding or parking vehicles.
Servo forecourts are private property and not used for driving etc..
As for conditions of entry; I think that bag searches are a special type of condition of entry and have their own rules. The "right" to search is the retailer trying to force you to hand over your private property and to invade your privacy. This is different to asking you to remove a helmet, especially as they are not asking to take your property (helmet).
Cheers
PS. Im not a lawyer so Im probably wrong
A road is a road (sec 12 below). A servo forecourt is not a road (sec 13 below) of Aust Road Rules (see below - my bold);
S12
1) A road is an area that is open to or used by the public and is
developed for, or has as one of its main uses, the driving or
riding of motor vehicles.
Critical words being the driving or riding of vehicles
S13
What is a road-related area
.......
(d) an area that is not a road and that is open to or used by
the public for driving, riding or parking vehicles.
Servo forecourts are private property and not used for driving etc..
As for conditions of entry; I think that bag searches are a special type of condition of entry and have their own rules. The "right" to search is the retailer trying to force you to hand over your private property and to invade your privacy. This is different to asking you to remove a helmet, especially as they are not asking to take your property (helmet).
Cheers
PS. Im not a lawyer so Im probably wrong