SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 28

SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 28

28 .         Offences in relation to soil conservation reserves

        (1)         Any person who, without the consent of the Minister —

            (a)         lights any fire within a soil conservation reserve; or

            (b)         removes from any soil conservation reserve the whole or any part of any tree, shrub, grass or other plant whatever; or

            (c)         injures or destroys any tree, shrub, grass or other plant on any soil conservation reserve; or

            (d)         places any cattle, horses or other animals or causes or permits any cattle, horses or other animals to be on any soil conservation reserve, or permits any cattle, horses or other animals to trespass upon any soil conservation reserve; or

            (e)         in any way injuriously interferes with the land in any soil conservation reserve,

                shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $2 000.

        (2)         In addition to any penalty imposed under the last preceding subsection, there may be imposed a further penalty equal to the value of all damage done together with twice the full market value of any timber unlawfully cut and removed; and every such further penalty shall be recoverable as a fine.

        [Section 28 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 42 of 1982 s. 30; No. 20 of 1989 s. 3; No. 19 of 2022 s. 18(1).]