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 21A– 21J) inserted by No. 40/2009 s. 42.
Part IIA—Tour operator licences
S. 21A inserted by No. 40/2009 s. 42.