25Damaging Library material and property

25 Damaging Library material and property

(1) A person commits an offence if the person: (a) is on or in Library property; and (b) interferes with library material; and (c) the library material is owned by or under the control of the Library.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is on or in Library property; and (b) the person engages in conduct; and (c) the conduct damages library material; and (d) the library material is owned by or under the control of the Library.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) Recklessness or negligence is the fault element for the result mentioned in paragraph (2)(c). (4) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person: (i) attaches an article to a building, wall or fence; or (ii) writes on a building, fixture, fitting, wall or fence; and (b) the building is a Library building, or the wall, fence, fixture or fitting is on or in Library property.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(5) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct; and (b) the conduct damages a building, fixture, fitting, wall, fence, plant or garden; and (c) the building is a Library building, or the wall, fence, fixture, fitting, plant or garden is on or in Library property.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(6) Recklessness or negligence is the fault element for the result mentioned in paragraph (5)(b). (7) This section does not limit section 132.8A of the Criminal Code (about damaging or destroying Commonwealth property).