Unlawful interference with an aid to navigation
106 Unlawful interference with an aid to navigation
A person must not unlawfully interfere with an aid to navigation.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.
However, if—
the interference with the aid causes a marine incident; and
the marine incident involves the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person;
the person commits an indictable offence and is liable to a maximum penalty of 5,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
A person unlawfully interferes with an aid to navigation if the person wilfully, and without authority, justification or excuse, detrimentally interferes with the effective or efficient operation of the aid.
Examples of detrimental interference—
1 A person removes, alters, damages or disturbs the aid.
2 A person obstructs the operation of the aid.
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