Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

URBAN FOREST ACT 2023 - SECT 90

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that contravenes, or is likely to contravene, a tree management plan.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     This section does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for contravening the tree management plan.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

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