(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).