TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 27 Court may order costs of rehabilitation or restoration

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 2003 - SECT 27

27 Court may order costs of rehabilitation or restoration

(1) On a conviction of a person for an offence under this division involving the unlawful harming or possessing of Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage, the court may, if considered appropriate, order the person to pay to the State or another appropriate entity an amount for or towards—

(a) the cost of any repair or restoration of the Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage needing to be carried out; and

(b) the cost of any repair or restoration of anything else that is not itself the Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage, but that is associated with the Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage and also needs to be repaired or restored because of the offence.

(2) In this section—


"conviction" includes a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a court, even though a conviction is not recorded.