Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) ACT 1980 - SECT 19AA

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person gathers or collects a meteorite; and

  (b)   the person does so in the Antarctic; and

  (c)   the person does not gather or collect the meteorite in accordance with a permit.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person removes a rock or a meteorite from the Antarctic; and

  (b)   the rock or meteorite was gathered or collected in the Antarctic (whether or not by the person); and

  (c)   the person does not remove the rock or meteorite in accordance with a permit.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.