Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION ACT 1983 No. 5 of 1983 - SECT 11

11. (1) Except with the consent in writing of the Minister, it is unlawful for
a person, whether himself or by his servant or agent -

   (a)  to carry out any excavation works on any site to which this section
applies;

   (b)  to carry out operations for, or exploratory drilling in connection
        with,
the recovery of minerals on any site to which this section applies;

   (c)  to erect a building or other substantial structure on any site to
        which
this section applies or to do any act in the course of, or for the purpose
of, the erection of a building or other substantial structure on any site
to which this section applies;

   (d)  to damage or destroy any artefacts or relics situated on any site to
which this section applies;

   (e)  to remove any artefacts or relics from any site to which this section
applies;

   (f)  to kill, cut down or damage any tree on any site to which this section
applies;

   (g)  to construct or establish any road or vehicular track on any site to
which this section applies;

   (h)  to use explosives on any site to which this section applies; or

   (j)  if an act is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph in relation
        to
a
particular site to which this section applies, to do that act in relation to
that site.

(2) Except with the consent in writing of the Minister, it is unlawful for a
person, whether himself or by his servant or agent, to do any act, not being
an act the doing of which is unlawful by virtue of sub-section (1) -

   (a)  that damages or destroys; or

   (b)  that is likely to result in damage to or the destruction of, any site
        to which this section applies or any artefacts or relics on any site
        to which this section applies.

(3) Except with the consent in writing of the Minister, it is unlawful for a
person, whether himself or by his servant or agent, to do any act preparatory
to the doing of an act that is unlawful by virtue of sub-section (2).