Offence to destroy protected area

Current

(1)

A person must not enter or interfere with a protected area unless the person—

(a)

is acting under a permit to enter the protected area; or

(b)

otherwise has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—

(a)

for an individual—1,700 penalty units;

(b)

for a corporation—17,000 penalty units.

Note—

If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 160A, to have also committed the offence.

(2)

For subsection (1), it is a reasonable excuse if the entering or interfering happens under a heritage agreement or an exemption certificate for the protected area.

(3)

In this section—

interfere with includes the following—

(a)

damage;

(b)

destroy;

(c)

excavate.

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104 Offence to destroy protected area