Prohibition of damage to forestry areas—the Act, s 92
10 Prohibition of damage to forestry areas—the Act, s 92
For the Act, section 92(2)(b), a person must not carry on an activity, including a recreational activity, in a forestry area if the activity may damage the area.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
For the Act, section 92(2)(b), a person must not do the following in a forestry area—
damage, interfere with or destroy vegetation, other than timber,
damage, obstruct or interfere with a road or drainage structure,
damage, obstruct or interfere with a drainage feature, including a watercourse or drainage line,
interfere with forest materials in a way that is not prohibited by the Act, section 38(1)(b), other than forest materials that are on a road,
erect a fence or barrier,
obstruct or interfere with the flow of water in a watercourse,
damage, deface, interfere with, destroy or remove a standard, sign, notice, barrier or device erected by the land manager,
damage, deface or destroy a building, enclosure, dam or other structure, or plant or equipment, of the land manager or a lessee or licensee of the land manager.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
A person does not commit an offence under subsections (1) or (2) if the activity—
is carried on with the written permission of the land manager, or
is authorised by a licence, forest permit or forest lease.
Damage to a road is not an offence under subsection (2)(b) if it is a natural consequence of travelling over the road in accordance with a direction in a notice.
In this section—
drainage line means a natural channel formed by the flow of water after heavy rainfall.
drainage structure, of a road, includes a drain, drop down structure and dissipater, road drainage pipe, culvert and cross bank.
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