Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A person must not knowingly destroy, damage, remove, alter or in any way interfere with any property of an Authority without the consent of the Authority or another authorisation under this or any other Act, being a destruction, damage, removal, alteration or interference that results in—
(a) land, works or water being seriously damaged; or
(b) another person suffering substantial economic loss.
Penalty: For an individual, 10 years imprisonment or 1200 penalty units or both;
For a body corporate, 6000 penalty units.
Note to s. 288(1) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 98(1).
Note
Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.
(2) A person must not recklessly destroy, damage, remove, alter or in any way interfere with any property of an Authority without the consent of the Authority or another authorisation under this or any other Act, being a destruction, damage, removal, alteration or interference that results in—
(a) land, works or water being seriously damaged; or
(b) another person suffering substantial economic loss.
Penalty: For an individual, 5 years imprisonment or 600 penalty units or both;
For a body corporate, 3000 penalty units.
Note to s. 288(2) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 98(2).
Note
Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.
(3) A person must not destroy, damage, remove, alter or in any way interfere with any property of an Authority without the consent of the Authority or another authorisation under this or any other Act.
Penalty: For an individual, 240 penalty units;
For a body corporate, 1200 penalty units.
Note to s. 288(3) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 98(3).
Note
Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.
(4) In this section and in section 288A—
"property of an Authority" includes works or other real or personal property that—
(a) belongs to an Authority; or
(b) is under the control and management of an Authority.
S. 288A inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 91.