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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.504Offences relating to Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
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### sec.504 Offences relating to Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
This section applies if—
a person is convicted of an offence against this Act; and
the commission of the offence caused, or was likely to cause, environmental harm to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
In sentencing the person for the offence, the court must consider the environmental harm caused, or likely to have been caused, to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
s 504 prev s 504 ins 1998 No. 13 s 59
om 2012 No. 16 s 78 sch
pres s 504 ins 2014 No. 59 s 101A
(sec.504-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person is convicted of an offence against this Act; and the commission of the offence caused, or was likely to cause, environmental harm to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
(sec.504-ssec.2) In sentencing the person for the offence, the court must consider the environmental harm caused, or likely to have been caused, to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
- (a) a person is convicted of an offence against this Act; and
- (b) the commission of the offence caused, or was likely to cause, environmental harm to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.