Interference with particular things
404B Interference with particular things
A person must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse, interfere with any of the following—
a post, cairn of stones or other thing (a boundary marker), used for marking out the boundary of the part of the area to which an application for a mining claim or mining lease relates;
a number (a marked number) marked or engraved on a post or cairn of stones used for marking out the boundary of the part of the area to which an application for a mining claim or mining lease relates;
a survey mark placed on the part of the area to which an application for a mining claim, mineral development licence or mining lease relates.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
For subsection (1), it is a reasonable excuse for a person to interfere with a boundary marker or marked number if the marker or number is no longer required under this Act.
In this section—
interfere with, a boundary marker, marked number or survey mark, includes damage, destroy or remove the marker, certificate, number or mark.
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