24Removal etc of survey marks

24 Removal etc of survey marks

24 Removal etc of survey marks

(1) A person must not remove, damage, destroy, displace, obliterate or deface any survey mark unless authorised to do so by the Surveyor-General.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

(2) A court that finds a person guilty of an offence under this section may, in addition to any penalty it imposes, make either or both of the following orders—

(a) it may order the person to pay compensation, totalling not more than $10,000, to the Surveyor-General towards the cost of reinstating the survey mark,

(b) it may order the person to pay compensation, totalling not more than $10,000, to any other person towards any loss or damage suffered by that person as a consequence of the offence.

(3) An order for compensation referred to in subsection (2) is enforceable by the person to whom the compensation is ordered to be paid as if it were a judgment of the Local Court exercising jurisdiction under the Civil Procedure Act 2005.

s 24: Am 2006 No 120, Sch 2.98; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.