HERITAGE ACT 2017 (NO. 7 OF 2017) - SECT 129 Offence to buy, sell or possess archaeological artefacts without consent

HERITAGE ACT 2017 (NO. 7 OF 2017) - SECT 129

    (1)     A person must not, whether as principal or agent, without the consent of the Executive Director—

        (a)     knowingly buy or sell an archaeological artefact; or

        (b)     at any time knowingly have in their possession an archaeological artefact for the purposes of sale.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units;

    In the case of a body corporate, 240 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to possession of an archaeological artefact if the person had had possession of the artefact before the commencement of the Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972 .

Division 3—Sites of archaeological value