Damage etc. to naturally occurring features
31 Damage etc. to naturally occurring features
A person must not, without lawful authority —
cause any significant damage or disturbance to a naturally occurring feature on CALM land; or
damage or disturb any naturally occurring feature on CALM land in a way that causes, or creates a potential for, adverse consequences to or in relation to CALM land; or
remove any naturally occurring feature from CALM land.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
An authorised officer who believes on reasonable grounds that a naturally occurring feature found in the possession of a person is involved in the commission of an offence against subregulation (1) may direct that person to surrender the naturally occurring feature to the authorised officer immediately.
A person must comply with a direction under subregulation (2).
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
In this regulation —
naturally occurring feature includes —
a fossil; and
a mineral specimen, meteorite and tektite; and
a speleothem and speleogen; and
a termite mound; and
guano; and
a stromatolite, sedimentary deposit associated with stromatolites or other sedimentary deposit, and cyano‑bacteria responsible for building stromatolites which are present in stromatolites; and
dead marine shell, dead coral, dead sea urchin, coralline algae and live coral organisms living in dead coral.
[Regulation 31 amended: Gazette 3 Dec 2010 p. 6052‑3; 1 Sep 2017 p. 4649.]
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