Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 209

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person accesses biological resources; and

        (b)     the biological resources are in a reserve.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a person if—

        (a)     the person holds a nature conservation licence authorising the access to the biological resources; or

Note     Nature conservation licence —see s 262.

        (b)     the person is an access provider for the biological resources.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).