Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HERITAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 74

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

        (a)     engages in conduct that diminishes the heritage significance of a place or object; and

        (b)     is reckless about whether the conduct would diminish the heritage significance of the place or object.

Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units.

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

        (a)     engages in conduct that diminishes the heritage significance of a place or object; and

        (b)     is negligent about whether the conduct would diminish the heritage significance of the place or object.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that diminishes the heritage significance of a place or object.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

    (4)     An offence against subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.

    (5)     In this section:

"place or object"—

        (a)     means a place or object that is registered; but

        (b)     does not include an Aboriginal place or an Aboriginal object.

Note     A registered place or object includes a provisionally registered place or object (see s 11).