14Activities for which a permit is required

14 Activities for which a permit is required

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person must not: (a) bring any organism into the Territory; or (b) bring any dead poultry or poultry products into the Territory; or (c) take any organism in the Territory; or (d) engage in conduct that results in death or injury to, or interference with, any organism in the Territory; or (e) remove from the Territory any organism indigenous to the Territory; or (f) land an aircraft, drive a vehicle or sail a vessel in the Territory; or (g) leave any equipment, material or refuse in the Territory; or (h) remove any soil or other geological matter from the Territory; or (i) introduce any soil or other geological matter to the Territory; or (j) engage in conduct that results in interference to any soil or other geological matter in the Territory; or (k) collect any material in the Territory; or (l) engage in conduct that results in a living organism that has been introduced into the Territory escaping in the Territory; or (m) engage in conduct that results in interference to any buildings, historical relics, equipment, supplies or survey markers in the Territory; or (n) engage in conduct that results in interference to the conduct of a scientific experiment that is the subject of a permit in the Territory.

Penalty:

(a) in the case of an individual—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both; or
(b) in the case of a body corporate—500 penalty units.

(2) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the activity in question: (a) was done to avoid possible loss of human life or injury to persons, or risk to the safety of an aircraft, a vehicle or a vessel; or (b) was done in accordance with a permit granted under this Ordinance, the Endangered Species Ordinance 1980 or the Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code).