19Cultural heritage

#### 19 Cultural heritage 19 Cultural heritage > > (1) A person must not deposit or leave any bone, shell, charcoal, stone or wood within an Aboriginal area or Aboriginal place. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (2) A person must not within any Aboriginal area or Aboriginal place have in the person’s possession— > > > > > (a) any chalk, paint or other colouring substance, matter or thing, or > > > > > (b) any sieve, spade, shovel, pitchfork, mattock, pick, bar, axe, chisel, hammer or similar implement. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (3) A person must not in a park— > > > > > (a) use any metal detector or other apparatus for detecting any metal or metal object, or > > > > > (b) touch or interfere with or do anything that may cause or assist the mutilation or destruction of any Aboriginal object, or > > > > > (c) take any rubbing, latex peel or impression by whatever means of any Aboriginal object, or > > > > > (d) interfere with or remove or assist in the removal of any deposit, object or material evidence relating to the settlement or occupation of New South Wales or a part of New South Wales (not being settlement or occupation by Aboriginal people) if the deposit, object or material evidence is more than 25 years old at the date of the interference or removal, or > > > > > (e) deposit or leave any Aboriginal object in a park. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (4) A person does not commit an offence under this clause for anything done or omitted to be done with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject. > > > (5) A person does not commit an offence under subclause (3)(d) if the interference or removal occurred in a ski resort area in Kosciuszko National Park and was necessary for the carrying out of— > > > > > (a) development in accordance with a development consent (within the meaning of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203)), or > > > > > (b) an activity, whether by or pursuant to an approval of a determining authority, if the determining authority has complied with Part 5 of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203). > > > (6) A person does not commit an offence under subclause (3)(d) if the interference or removal occurred in a place in Kosciuszko National Park (other than a ski resort area) and was necessary for the carrying out of development in accordance with a development consent that is taken to have been granted to Snowy Hydro Limited under section 41(4) of the [Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-099).