ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT 1984 - SECT 22 Offences and penalties

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT 1984 - SECT 22

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (b)   the conduct contravenes a provision of a declaration made under Part   II in relation to a significant Aboriginal area.

Penalty:

  (a)   if the person is a natural person-- imprisonment for 5 years or 100 penalty units , or both; or

  (b)   if the person is a body corporate-- 500 penalty units .

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (b)   the conduct contravenes the terms of a declaration under this Part relating to a significant Aboriginal object or significant Aboriginal objects.

Penalty:

  (a)   if the person is a natural person-- imprisonment for 2 years or 50 penalty units , or both; or

  (b)   if the person is a body corporate-- 250 penalty units .

  (3)   A person who contravenes subsection   20(1) commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 5 penalty units .

  (4)   A person who contravenes subsection   17(4) commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit .

  (5)   In this section:

"engage in conduct" means:

  (a)   do an act; or

  (b)   omit to perform an act.