Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 258

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     an activities declaration is in force for a reserve; and

        (b)     the activities declaration states that an activity is a prohibited activity for the reserve; and

        (c)     the person carries out the prohibited activity in the reserve.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     an activities declaration is in force for a resource protection area in a reserve; and

        (b)     the activities declaration states that an activity is a prohibited activity for the resource protection area; and

        (c)     the person carries out the prohibited activity in the resource protection area.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note     Resource protection area —see s 253.

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

    (4)     A person has the benefit of the part 10.2 exceptions for an offence against this section.

Note     The part 10.2 exceptions are set out in s 261.