Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 244

In this part:

"cause "serious or material harm, means substantially contribute directly or indirectly to the harm.

"material harm"—damage to land in a reserve causes material harm to the reserve if the cost of action needed to rehabilitate the area damaged is within the range of $5 000 to $50 000.

"serious harm"—damage to land in a reserve causes "serious harm "to the reserve if—

        (a)     it causes the loss of, or the loss of part of—

              (i)     a critically endangered ecological community in the reserve; or

              (ii)     an endangered ecological community in the reserve; or

              (iii)     a vulnerable ecological community in the reserve; or

Note     Critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable ecological communities are threatened ecological communities—see  s 69.

        (b)     it causes a substantial loss of habitat of native plants or native animals in the reserve; or

        (c)     the total area damaged in the reserve is more than 2ha; or

        (d)     the cost of action needed to rehabilitate the land damaged in the reserve is more than $50 000.