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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 9

9—Power of acquisition

        (1)         The Minister may, subject to and in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act 1969 , acquire land for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         Where a notice of intention to acquire land has been served, a person who wilfully damages the land or destroys or harms wildlife on the land is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

        (3)         Where the Minister has reasonable cause to suspect that a person may act in contravention of subsection (2), the Minister may authorise a warden to enter upon the land and to exercise such force as may be necessary or expedient to prevent the commission of an offence under that subsection.

        (4)         A warden authorised under subsection (3) may enter upon the land and use such force as may be necessary or expedient to prevent the commission of an offence under this section.



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