Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 27

27 Court may order costs of rehabilitation or restoration

(1) On a conviction of a person for an offence under this division involving the unlawful harming or possessing of Aboriginal cultural heritage, the court may, if considered appropriate, order the person to pay to the State or another appropriate entity an amount for or towards—

(a) the cost of any repair or restoration of the Aboriginal cultural heritage needing to be carried out; and

(b) the cost of any repair or restoration of anything else that is not itself the Aboriginal cultural heritage, but that is associated with the Aboriginal cultural heritage and also needs to be repaired or restored because of the offence.

(2) In this section—

"conviction" includes a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a court, even though a conviction is not recorded.