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WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 21AA Offence to cut or take away fallen or felled trees

WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 21AA

Offence to cut or take away fallen or felled trees

    (1)     A person must not cut or take away 2 cubic metres or less of fallen or felled trees in a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not cut or take away more than 2 cubic metres of fallen or felled trees in a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve.

Penalty:     50 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (3)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who—

        (a)     cuts or takes away fallen or felled trees in a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve in accordance with a lease, licence, permit or authorisation held by the person under this Act or any other Act; or

        (b)     cuts or takes away fallen or felled trees in a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve in accordance with the regulations or regulations under any other Act.

    (4)     In this section—

"fallen or felled trees" includes parts of fallen or felled trees;

"tree "or trees has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Forests Act 1958 .

Pt 2A (Heading and ss 21A21J) inserted by No. 40/2009 s. 42.

Part IIA—Tour operator licences

S. 21A inserted by No. 40/2009 s. 42.