National Parks Act 1980

Offences

70A: Sentence of community work

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"You might have to do work for your community if you break national park rules"

If you break the rules in a national park, a court might give you a punishment called community work. This means you have to do some work to help your community. The court can give this punishment to anyone who is found guilty of breaking the National Parks Act. When the court decides to give someone community work, they follow the rules in Part 2 of the Sentencing Act 2002. These rules tell the court how to set up and manage the community work sentence.

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Part 7Offences

70ASentence of community work

A court may sentence any individual who is convicted of an offence against this Act to a sentence of community work, and the provisions of Part 2 of the Sentencing Act 2002 apply with all necessary modifications.

Notes

Section 70A: inserted, on 25 October 2013, by section 13 of the Conservation (Natural Heritage Protection) Act 2013 (2013 No 89).
Section 70A: amended, on 21 December 2018, by section 34 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).