NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 163 Offence committed over a period

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 163

163 Offence committed over a period

(1) This section applies to the offence of taking—

(a) a cultural or natural resource in contravention of section 62 ; or

(b) protected wildlife in contravention of section 88 or 89 ; or

(c) native wildlife in contravention of section 97 .

(2) If the day or days on which a person is alleged to have committed the offence can not be established, the person may—

(a) be charged with 1 offence of taking the resource or wildlife over, or at some unknown time during, a specified period; and

(b) be convicted and punished accordingly.