10Prohibition of damage to forestry areas—the Act, s 92

10 Prohibition of damage to forestry areas—the Act, s 92

10 Prohibition of damage to forestry areas—the Act, s 92

(1) For the Act, section 92(2)(b), a person must not carry on an activity, including a recreational activity, in a forestry area if the activity may damage the area.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) For the Act, section 92(2)(b), a person must not do the following in a forestry area—

(a) damage, interfere with or destroy vegetation, other than timber,

(b) damage, obstruct or interfere with a road or drainage structure,

(c) damage, obstruct or interfere with a drainage feature, including a watercourse or drainage line,

(d) interfere with forest materials in a way that is not prohibited by the Act, section 38(1)(b), other than forest materials that are on a road,

(e) erect a fence or barrier,

(f) obstruct or interfere with the flow of water in a watercourse,

(g) damage, deface, interfere with, destroy or remove a standard, sign, notice, barrier or device erected by the land manager,

(h) damage, deface or destroy a building, enclosure, dam or other structure, or plant or equipment, of the land manager or a lessee or licensee of the land manager.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) A person does not commit an offence under subsections (1) or (2) if the activity—

(a) is carried on with the written permission of the land manager, or

(b) is authorised by a licence, forest permit or forest lease.

(4) Damage to a road is not an offence under subsection (2)(b) if it is a natural consequence of travelling over the road in accordance with a direction in a notice.

(5) In this section—

drainage line means a natural channel formed by the flow of water after heavy rainfall.

drainage structure, of a road, includes a drain, drop down structure and dissipater, road drainage pipe, culvert and cross bank.