19AProhibition against mining in the Territory

#### 19A Prohibition against mining in the Territory (1) A person must not engage in a mining activity: (a) in the Territory; or (b) on any part of: (i) the continental shelf of the Territory; or (ii) the continental shelf of any of the islands known as Heard Island and McDonald Islands; that is within the Antarctic. Penalty: Imprisonment for 16 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a mining activity if the activity is the gathering or collecting of a meteorite, or the removal of a rock or meteorite, in accordance with a permit. > Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.