Fossicking Regulation 2019
sec.10Particular conduct prohibited
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sec.10 Particular conduct prohibited
A person fossicking under a licence or camping under a permit must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— deface, destroy or injure a tree; or clear vegetation for a purpose other than digging the land cleared; or pollute a watercourse or a receptacle used for water storage; or dig in land in a way likely to cause a gully to form, or banks to collapse, on land around the dug land; or place dug material on a slope where water may wash the material away; or interfere with an improvement, a site of cultural heritage significance or stock. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A person fossicking under a licence on designated fossicking land or a fossicking area must not move wash out of the designated fossicking land or fossicking area. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. In this section— clear , for vegetation, means remove, cut down, ringbark, push over, poison or destroy in any way, including by burning, flooding or draining. cultural heritage significance , of a site, see the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 , schedule . wash means a substance containing, or that is reasonably likely to contain, fossicking material. sand, gravel, soil (sec.10-ssec.1) A person fossicking under a licence or camping under a permit must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— deface, destroy or injure a tree; or clear vegetation for a purpose other than digging the land cleared; or pollute a watercourse or a receptacle used for water storage; or dig in land in a way likely to cause a gully to form, or banks to collapse, on land around the dug land; or place dug material on a slope where water may wash the material away; or interfere with an improvement, a site of cultural heritage significance or stock. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.10-ssec.2) A person fossicking under a licence on designated fossicking land or a fossicking area must not move wash out of the designated fossicking land or fossicking area. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.10-ssec.3) In this section— clear , for vegetation, means remove, cut down, ringbark, push over, poison or destroy in any way, including by burning, flooding or draining. cultural heritage significance , of a site, see the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 , schedule . wash means a substance containing, or that is reasonably likely to contain, fossicking material. sand, gravel, soil
- (a) deface, destroy or injure a tree; or
- (b) clear vegetation for a purpose other than digging the land cleared; or
- (c) pollute a watercourse or a receptacle used for water storage; or
- (d) dig in land in a way likely to cause a gully to form, or banks to collapse, on land around the dug land; or
- (e) place dug material on a slope where water may wash the material away; or
- (f) interfere with an improvement, a site of cultural heritage significance or stock.