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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 225

Offence—excavate in wilderness area without licence

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person excavates in a wilderness area.

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 the person holds a nature conservation licence authorising the excavation.

Note 1     Nature conservation licence —see  s 262.

Note 2     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).



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