What the official record says
This Act is the Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Act . comes into force on the day 3 months after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent. The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. This Act amends the Summary Offences Act 1981. The following sections are inserted after section 11: A person is liable to a community-based sentence (within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Sentencing Act 2002) or a fine not exceeding $2,000, or to both, if he or she damages or defaces any building, structure, road, tree, property, or other thing by writing, drawing, painting, spraying, or etching on it, or otherwise marking it,— without lawful authority; and without the consent of the occupier or owner or oth