ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 86 Compliance with conservation orders

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 86

86.(1) A person must not knowingly or recklessly contravene:

   (a)  an interim conservation order; or

   (b)  a permanent conservation order; or

   (c)  an impact assessment order made under paragraph 79(1)(c). Penalty:
        $50,000.

(2) If a person believes that taking action that he or she proposes to take
may contravene a particular interim conservation order or permanent
conservation order, the person may seek the Minister's advice under
subsection  104(4) on whether the order would be contravened by taking that
action.

(3) The person does not contravene the order if he or she acts in accordance
with advice given to him or her under subsection 104(4) to the effect that the
order would not be contravened.