New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LORD HOWE ISLAND ACT 1953 - SECT 32

32 Trespass on Crown lands or dedicated lands

(1) Any person who shall be found occupying or using any vacant Crown land or land reserved or dedicated for any public purpose under this Act, either by:

(a) dwelling thereon-or

(b) erecting any building or other structure thereon-or

(c) clearing digging up enclosing or cultivating any part thereof-or

(d) depasturing stock thereon-or

who shall cause to be cut or removed any timber or products thereon-or obtain or cause to be obtained any stone clay shells earth gravel or similar material therefrom-or who shall remove or cause to be stripped or removed the bark of any tree thereon-or ringbark or otherwise destroy any tree thereon-without lawful authority shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2) Any person duly authorised by the Board in that behalf may impound any stock trespassing on such lands, and may recover damages for damage caused by the stock trespassing.

(3) Any person duly authorised by the Board in that behalf may dispossess and remove any person from any Crown lands in respect of which such lastmentioned person is in illegal occupation or use and require such lastmentioned person to demolish any building or structure erected thereon and remove the materials thereof to some convenient place within the time specified in such requirement.
If within the time so specified such lastmentioned person fails to comply with such requirement the person duly authorised by the Board as aforesaid may do all such acts matters and things as such lastmentioned person was required to do, and the expenses of doing such acts, matters and things shall be borne by and may be recovered as a debt from such lastmentioned person by the Board in any court of competent jurisdiction.