Offence and penalty

(1) Any person exploring or prospecting the ground without a non-exclusive prospecting licence or who refuses or neglects to produce such licence after having received notice from any authorised officer commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) and for each day that the offence continues after notice has been given under these Regulations, to a further fine of two hundred dollars ($200). (2) Where a person is given notice under paragraph (1) above, it shall not be necessary for an authorised officer to prove that such person was searching for minerals.