Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018
Sch 9Prescribed offences and modified penalties
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Schedule 9 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties
[r. 165(1) and (2)]
| Offence under the Act | | Modified penalty (individual) $ | Modified penalty (body corporate) $ | | s. 43(2) | Failure to report presence of threatened species while carrying out field work | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 49(2) | Failure to report presence of threatened ecological community while carrying out field work | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 52(1) | Failure to give CEO notice of change in ownership or occupation | 1 000 | 5 000 | | s. 53(3) | Failure to inform visitor of presence of threatened species or threatened ecological community | 1 000 | 5 000 | | s. 66(1) | Failure to give CEO notice of change in ownership or occupation | 1 000 | 5 000 | | s. 130 | Contravention of biodiversity covenant | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 131(1) | Failure to give CEO notice of change in ownership or occupation | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 149(1) | Taking fauna without lawful authority (unless offence involves cetacean or specially protected fauna) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 152(1) | Possessing fauna without lawful authority (unless offence involves cetacean, critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species or specially protected fauna) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 153(1) | Disturbing fauna without lawful authority (unless offence involves cetacean, critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species or specially protected fauna) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 155 | Feeding fauna | 400 | 2 000 | | s. 156(1) | Use of prohibited device or prohibited method in taking or disturbance of fauna | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 156(2) | Allowing prohibited device or prohibited method to be used | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 156(3) | Allowing prohibited device on land | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 157(1) | Dealing in fauna without lawful authority (unless offence involves cetacean, critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species or specially protected fauna) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 158(2) | Processing fauna for commercial purpose without licence (unless offence involves cetacean, critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species or specially protected fauna) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 158(3) | Operating unlicensed fauna processing establishment | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 159 | Importing fauna without lawful authority (unless offence involves cetacean, critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species or specially protected fauna) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 160 | Exporting fauna without lawful authority (unless offence involves a cetacean, critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species or specially protected fauna) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 171(1) | Taking flora on Crown land unlawfully (unless offence involves specially protected flora) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 171(2) | Taking flora on private land without authority of owner or occupier (unless offence involves specially protected flora) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 172(1) | Taking sandalwood (unless offence involves specifically controlled sandalwood) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 176(1) | Supplying flora without licence (unless offence involves critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species, specially protected flora or sandalwood) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 177(1) | Dealing in flora without licence (unless offence involves critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species, specially protected flora or sandalwood) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 178(2) | Processing flora for commercial purpose without licence (unless offence involves critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species, specially protected flora or sandalwood) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 179 | Exporting flora without lawful authority (unless offence involves critically endangered species, endangered species, vulnerable species, specially protected flora or sandalwood) | 2 500 | 12 500 | | s. 184 | Selling fauna or flora taken for Aboriginal customary purposes | 500 | 2 500 | | s. 271(8) | Contravention of condition of exemption | 2 500 | 12 500 |