Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 332

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is subject to a conservator's direction; and

        (b)     fails to comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is subject to a conservator's direction; and

        (b)     the direction relates to—

              (i)     a native species that has special protection status; or

              (ii)     a threatened ecological community; or

              (iii)     the habitat of—

    (A)     a native species that has special protection status; or

    (B)     a threatened ecological community; or

              (iv)     a Ramsar wetland; and

        (c)     the person fails to comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

Note     Ramsar wetland —see s 190.
Special protection status —see s 109.
Threatened ecological community —see s 67.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a person if the person took reasonable steps to comply with the conservator's direction.

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

, s 58).