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National Parks Act 1980

Offences

69A: Penalties for certain offences

You could also call this:

"What happens if you break national park rules"

If you break certain rules in national parks, you can get in trouble. These rules include going into special protected areas without permission, doing things you're not allowed to do in parks, not taking your animals, vehicles, or aircraft out of parks when told to, using guns when you shouldn't, and getting in the way of park rangers doing their job.

If you break these rules, you can be punished. If you're a person on your own, you might have to go to jail for up to 2 years or pay up to $100,000, or both. If you're a company, you might have to pay up to $200,000. If you keep breaking the rule over many days, you might have to pay an extra $10,000 for each day you keep doing it.

These punishments are to help protect our national parks and make sure everyone follows the rules to keep them safe and beautiful.

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Part 7Offences

69APenalties for certain offences

  1. Every person who commits an offence against any of the provisions listed in subsection (2) is liable on conviction to the penalties prescribed in subsection (3).

  2. The provisions are—

  3. section 13(5), which relates to access to specially protected areas:
    1. section 60(1)(a) to (i), (k), and (l), which relate to unauthorised acts in parks:
      1. section 60(2)(a) and (b), which relate to failure to remove animals, vehicles, or aircraft from parks:
        1. section 60(4)(b) and (c), which relate to the use of firearms:
          1. section 63(a), which relates to wilfully obstructing rangers.

            1. The penalties are,—

            2. in the case of an individual, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $100,000, or both:
              1. in the case of a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $200,000:
                1. in any case, where the offence is a continuing one, a further fine not exceeding $10,000 for every day on which the offence continues.

                  Notes
                  • Section 69A: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Conservation (Natural Heritage Protection) Act 2013 (2013 No 89).