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Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987
81Offences by third parties
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81 Offences by third parties
(1) If an agreement prohibits a land owner from doing an act of a kind specified in the agreement, a person who is not a party to the agreement must not do the act so prohibited, while the agreement is in force.
1. 5 penalty units.
(2) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) it is a defence if the person charged proves—
(a) that—
(i) in respect of the agreement there has been a contravention of a provision of section 80; and
(ii) the person did not know of the existence of the agreement; or
(b) the act alleged to constitute the offence was expressly authorised by or under an Act.