21Removing sand etc. from State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve

21 Removing sand etc. from State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve

S. 21(1) amended by Nos 9505 s. 5(8)(a), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.26), 70/1990 s. 12(1)(c), 87/1997
item 13(a)), 19/2018 s. 233.

(1) Any person who without the authority in writing of the land manager digs or removes any sand, soil, or other material from a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve or deposits rubbish, debris, or other material in a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

S. 21(1A) inserted by No. 53/2014 s. 15.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person is acting under and in accordance with a levee maintenance permit within the meaning of the Water Act 1989.

S. 21(2) amended by Nos 9505 s. 5(8)(a), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.26), 70/1990 s. 12(1)(d), 87/1997
ss 7, 42(Sch. item 13(b)), 19/2018 s. 233.

(2) Any person, other than a person authorised under the Water Act 1989 to do so, who without the authority in writing of the land manager interferes with or damages any structure or interferes with the flow of water into, out of, or within a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

S. 21(3) inserted by No. 9505 s. 5(8)(b), amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.26), 70/1990 s. 12(1)(b), 87/1997
item 13(c)), 19/2018 s. 233.

(3) Any person who without the authority in writing of the land manager takes, destroys, hunts, injures or wilfully disturbs wildlife or takes destroys or damages any native flora in a Nature Reserve shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

S. 21AAA inserted by No. 53/2014 s. 14.

21AAA Offence to construct, remove, alter, or carry out maintenance on, a levee within a State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve

(a) construct, remove or alter a levee within a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve; or

(b) carry out maintenance on a levee within a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve.

Penalty: Level 8 imprisonment (12 months maximum) or a level 8 fine (120 penalty units maximum) or both.

(2) Subsection (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to a person if the person constructs, removes, alters, or carries out maintenance on, a levee—

(a) in the performance of a function under this Act or the regulations; or

(b) that the person is authorised under this Act or the regulations to construct, remove, alter or carry out maintenance on in the performance of a function under another Act or regulations made under another Act.