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Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
sec.113Unauthorised interference with cultural or natural resources
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### sec.113 Unauthorised interference with cultural or natural resources
A person must not interfere with a cultural or natural resource of a recreation area unless the person has the chief executive’s written approval.
Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.
However, subsection (1) does not apply if a corresponding authority authorises the person to interfere with the resource in the area and the person complies with the authority and the Act under which the authority was issued.
Also, taking a fish in accordance with the Fisheries Act 1994 , is not interfering with a cultural or natural resource, unless the taking is prohibited in the area by another Act.
In this section—
interfere with , in relation to a cultural or natural resource, includes destroy, damage, mark, move or dig up the resource.
(sec.113-ssec.1) A person must not interfere with a cultural or natural resource of a recreation area unless the person has the chief executive’s written approval. Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.
(sec.113-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if a corresponding authority authorises the person to interfere with the resource in the area and the person complies with the authority and the Act under which the authority was issued.
(sec.113-ssec.3) Also, taking a fish in accordance with the Fisheries Act 1994 , is not interfering with a cultural or natural resource, unless the taking is prohibited in the area by another Act.
(sec.113-ssec.4) In this section— interfere with , in relation to a cultural or natural resource, includes destroy, damage, mark, move or dig up the resource.