(1) Upon any area of land becoming a protected area the Registrar ¾

(a) may cause the boundaries of the area to be delineated by the erection of suitable notices or boundary marks;

(b) may enclose or fence the area, or any part of the area, and may erect such other structures as in the opinion of the Registrar are necessary to protect the area or any object therein.

(2) A person who destroys, damages, alters, moves or interferes with any notice, boundary mark, fence or other structure erected pursuant to subsection (1) commits an offence.

(3) The fact that a notice, boundary mark or fence is not or was not at the relevant time erected or in a reasonable state of repair is immaterial to the liability of any person for an offence against this Act and the reasonableness of a belief as to the existence or non-existence of an Aboriginal site.

[Section 23 amended by No. 24 of 1995 s. 24.]