Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HERITAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 67C

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is subject to a repair damage direction; and

        (b)     fails to comply with the direction within the later of—

              (i)     the time stated in the direction; and

              (ii)     if the council extends the time under section 67B—the extended time.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.

    (2)     This section does not apply to a person if the person has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the repair damage direction.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).