(1) A person must not remove, damage, destroy, displace, obliterate or deface
any survey mark unless authorised to do so by the Surveyor-General.
: Maximum
penalty--25 penalty units.
(2) A court that finds a person guilty of an
offence under this section may, in addition to any penalty it imposes, make
either or both of the following orders--
(a) it may order the person to pay
compensation, totalling not more than $10,000, to the Surveyor-General towards
the cost of reinstating the survey mark,
(b) it may order the person to pay
compensation, totalling not more than $10,000, to any other person towards any
loss or damage suffered by that person as a consequence of the offence.
(3)
An order for compensation referred to in subsection (2) is enforceable by the
person to whom the compensation is ordered to be paid as if it were a judgment
of the Local Court exercising jurisdiction under the Civil Procedure Act 2005
.
