New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FORESTRY REGULATION 2009 - REG 59

59 Defacing brands

(1) A person who defaces, destroys or removes an identifying brand comprising a broad arrow (with or without letters, numerals or other symbols) that has been branded or marked on timber (including a tree or tree stump) by or at the direction of an employee of the commission is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) This clause does not apply to a person who is lawfully processing the timber.