Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) a closed reserve declaration is in force for a reserve; and
(b) the person enters, or remains in, the reserve in contravention of the declaration.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if the defendant proves that the defendant—
(a) took reasonable steps to ensure that the contravention did not happen; or
(b) had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that a closed reserve declaration was in force for the reserve.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is a conservation officer exercising a function under this Act.
Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) and s (4) (see Criminal Code
, s 58).