Queensland Consolidated Acts

COASTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 69

69 Damaging or removing vegetation, or damaging coastal dunes

(1) A person must not damage or remove vegetation on, or damage a dune forming part of, State coastal land above the high-water mark without—

(a) the written approval of the entity responsible for the management and control of the land; or

(b) other lawful authority, justification or excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.

(2) In this section—

"damage" , to vegetation or a dune, does not include minor damage to the vegetation or dune that happens in the course of the ordinary use of the land on which the vegetation is situated or of which the dune forms a part.