WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION ACT 1983 No. 5 of 1983 - SECT 14 Enforcement

WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION ACT 1983 No. 5 of 1983 - SECT 14

14. (1) The High Court or the Federal Court may, on the application of the
Attorney-General or of an interested person, grant an injunction restraining a
person from doing an act that is unlawful by virtue of section 9, 10 or 11.

(2) Where, pursuant to sub-section (1), an application is made to the High
Court or the Federal Court for an injunction restraining a person from doing
an act, the High Court or the Federal Court, as the case may be, may, if in
the opinion of the Court it is desirable to do so, before determining the
application, grant an interim injunction restraining the person from doing
that act pending the determination of the application.

(3) The reference in sub-section (1) to an interested person, in relation to
an act that is unlawful by virtue of section 9 or 10 in relation to particular
property, shall be read as a reference to -

   (a)  a person whose use or enjoyment of any part of the property is, or is
        likely to be, adversely affected by the doing of the act; or

   (b)  an organization or association of persons, whether incorporated or
        not, the objects or purposes of which include, and activities of which
        relate to, the protection or conservation of the property or of
        property of a kind that includes the property.

(4) Paragraph (3) (b) does not apply in relation to an act done -

   (a)  before the organization or association was formed;

   (b)  before the objects or purposes of the organization or association
included the matter concerned; or

   (c)  before the organization or association engaged in activities related
        to the matter concerned.

(5) The reference in sub-section (1) to an interested person, in relation to
an act that is unlawful by virtue of section 11, shall be read as a reference
to any member of the Aboriginal race.