Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1983 No. 66 WORLD HERITAGE (WESTERN TASMANIA WILDERNESS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1

Regulation 5 of the World Heritage (Western Tasmania Wilderness) Regulations
is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following
sub-regulations:

"(3) Where-

   (a)  within an area to which these Regulations apply, a person does an act
        referred to in sub-regulation (1) without the consent of the Minister;
        and

   (b)  the controller of that area or of the relevant part of that area has
        failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the doing of the act, the
        controller of that area or of the relevant part of that area, as the
        case may be, is guilty of an offence and is punishable upon conviction
        by a fine not exceeding $5,000.

"(4) For the purposes of sub-regulation (3), a person is the controller of an
area or of a part of an area if the person is-

   (a)  the person in whom that area or part is vested; or

   (b)  if the person in whom that area or part is vested is not the occupier
        of that area or part-the person who is the occupier of that area or
        part, as the case may be.".