Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HERITAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 75

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

        (a)     engages in conduct that causes damage to an Aboriginal place or object; and

        (b)     is reckless about whether the conduct would cause damage to the Aboriginal place or object.

Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units.

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

        (a)     engages in conduct that causes damage to an Aboriginal place or object; and

        (b)     is negligent about whether the conduct would cause damage to the Aboriginal place or object.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that causes damage to an Aboriginal place or object.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

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

    (5)     In this section:

"cause damage" includes disturb and destroy.