Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 21

Removing sand etc. from State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve

21. Removing sand etc. from State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve



(1) Any person who without the authority in writing of the Secretary digs or
removes any sand, soil, or other material from a State Wildlife Reserve or a
Nature Reserve or deposits rubbish, debris, or other material in a State
Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve shall be guilty of an offence against
this Act.

Penalty: 25 penalty units.

(2) Any person, other than a person authorised under the Water Act 1989 to do
so, who without the authority in writing of the Secretary interferes with or
damages any structure or interferes with the flow of water into, out of, or
within a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve shall be guilty of an
offence against this Act.

Penalty: 25 penalty units.

(3) Any person who without the authority in writing of the Secretary takes,
destroys, hunts, injures or wilfully disturbs wildlife or takes destroys or
damages any native flora in a Nature Reserve shall be guilty of an offence
against this Act.

Penalty: 25 penalty units.

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