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Prospecting Rules & Regulations
What are the fines in various states for prospecting without licences?
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<blockquote data-quote="condor22" data-source="post: 159381" data-attributes="member: 1932"><p>As there is very little public land in S.A. and it's called fossicking, I would suggest the biggest problem here would be Trespass on Private Land.</p><p></p><p>Mount Crawford cost me $5 for a day less than a year ago, it is an entry permit to the forest, not a fossicking permit. So the penalty would be whatever entering without a permit attracts.</p><p></p><p>Extract from S.A. Forestry Regulations 2013</p><p></p><p><em>fossicking means the gathering of minerals</em></p><p><em>(a) as a recreation; and</em></p><p><em>(b) without any intention to sell the minerals or to utilise them for a commercial</em></p><p><em>or industrial purpose,</em></p><p><em>but does not include the gathering of minerals by any means involving the disturbance</em></p><p><em>of land or water by machinery or explosives;</em></p><p></p><p>Penalty for unlawful entry</p><p></p><p><em>6Prohibition of entrance by notice</em></p><p><em>(1) A person must not, without lawful authority, enter or remain in a forest reserve or part</em></p><p><em>of a forest reserve contrary to the terms of notices erected with the approval of the</em></p><p><em>Corporation at the entrances to that reserve or that part of the reserve.</em></p><p><em>Maximum penalty: $750.</em></p><p><em>Expiation fee: $105.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="condor22, post: 159381, member: 1932"] As there is very little public land in S.A. and it's called fossicking, I would suggest the biggest problem here would be Trespass on Private Land. Mount Crawford cost me $5 for a day less than a year ago, it is an entry permit to the forest, not a fossicking permit. So the penalty would be whatever entering without a permit attracts. Extract from S.A. Forestry Regulations 2013 [i]fossicking means the gathering of minerals (a) as a recreation; and (b) without any intention to sell the minerals or to utilise them for a commercial or industrial purpose, but does not include the gathering of minerals by any means involving the disturbance of land or water by machinery or explosives;[/i] Penalty for unlawful entry [i]6Prohibition of entrance by notice (1) A person must not, without lawful authority, enter or remain in a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve contrary to the terms of notices erected with the approval of the Corporation at the entrances to that reserve or that part of the reserve. Maximum penalty: $750. Expiation fee: $105.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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What are the fines in various states for prospecting without licences?
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