Wildlife Regulations 1999

Wildlife Regulations 1999

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 .

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

PART 1 - Preliminary

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Wildlife Regulations 1999 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 January 2000.

3.   Interpretation

(1)  In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears –

Act means the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 ;

adult male deer means an adult male deer with branching antlers;

antlerless deer means a deer that is –

(a) without antlers; and

(b) a form of partly protected wildlife;

Bass Strait islands means the islands in Bass Strait that are within the jurisdiction of the State;

brow tine means the tine closest to a deer's brow;

buy includes acquire for any consideration;

cage includes any pen, aviary, enclosure and structure in, or by means of, which wildlife is confined;

display, in relation to wildlife, means the display, for viewing by the public, of any wildlife held in captivity, other than wildlife kept under –

(a) a wildlife exhibition licence; or

(b) a travelling wildlife exhibition permit;

fee unit means a fee unit within the meaning of the Fee Units Act 1997 ;

female deer means a female of any kind of deer which is partly protected wildlife;

inspector means a person appointed by the Director to exercise the functions of an inspector under these regulations;

licence means a licence issued under Part 2;

light means any lamp or lantern or other device for providing illumination;

open season, when used in relation to a form of wildlife, means the open season for that wildlife referred to in subregulation (5) ;

partly protected wildlife means those forms of wildlife described in Schedule 4 ;

permit means a permit issued under Part 2 ;

pheasant means a pheasant that is a form of partly protected wildlife;

process of treatment, when used in relation to a skin, means any process for tanning or otherwise preserving a skin;

protected wildlife means those forms of wildlife described in Schedules 2 and 3 ;

restricted wildlife means the forms of wildlife specified in Schedule 6 ;

sell means sell by wholesale or retail and includes –

(a) offer, display or expose for sale; and

(b) keep or have in possession for sale; and

(c) barter or exchange; and

(d) deal in or agree to sell; and

(e) supply, send, forward or deliver for sale or for, or in expectation of receiving, any payment or other consideration; and

(f) authorise, cause, attempt or allow any act referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) or (e) ;

specially protected wildlife means those forms of wildlife described in Schedule 1 ;

stock means –

(a) goats, horses, oxen, sheep, swine, cervids and camelids; and

(b) poultry of any kind; and

(c) oysters, mussels, abalone, scallops and clams; and

(d) fish of the family Salmonidae and goldfish;

take includes –

(a) kill, injure, catch, destroy, collect or damage; and

(b) attempt, cause or permit anything mentioned in paragraph (a) ;

travelling wildlife exhibition means a travelling show in which wildlife from a wildlife exhibition perform or are exhibited;

trez tine means the first major tine after the brow tine;

wild duck means any bird of a species which is a member of the Family Anatidae that is a form of partly protected wildlife;

wildlife display permit means a permit issued under regulation 47;

wildlife exhibition means a collection of wildlife that is kept –

(a) ordinarily in a place in connection with the conduct of a circus or similar show held in that place or elsewhere in the State; or

(b) in a wildlife park, fauna park, zoo or similar place, for the purpose of public viewing, public entertainment or public amusement, on payment of a fee or otherwise;

wildlife exhibition licence means a licence issued and in force under Part 4 ;

wildlife products means the products from any wildlife.

(2)  For the purposes of these regulations, any products of wildlife that have been canned or tinned or otherwise processed at licensed game meat processing works, or licensed pet food works, within the meaning of the Meat Hygiene Act 1985 , are taken not to be products of wildlife.

(3)  The animals prescribed as animals to which section 37(1) of the Act applies are the animals specified in Schedule 5 .

(4)  The stock or species of stock prescribed for the purposes of sections 31(1) and 37(5) of the Act are the stock specified in Schedule 7 .

(5)  For any form of partly protected wildlife specified in the first column of Schedule 8 , the open season is the period specified in the second column of that Schedule.

PART 2 - Regulation of taking and trading in wildlife and wildlife products

Division 1 - Licences and permits

4.   Effect of licences and permits

A licence or permit may be issued for the purposes of this Part in accordance with its provisions, but, except as is specifically provided in these regulations, no such licence or permit authorises the doing of any act contrary to the provisions of these regulations or any other regulations under the Act.

5.   Persons to whom licences and permits may be issued under this Part

(1)  Subject to subregulation (2) , a licence or permit may be issued under this Part to a body corporate, to an individual or to 2 or more individuals jointly.

(2)  A licence to take wildlife or a permit to take wildlife may not be issued under this Part to a body corporate or to 2 or more individuals jointly.

(3)  In subregulation (2) ,

licence to take wildlife means a licence specified in the first column of Part 2 , 3 or 4 of Schedule 9 .

6.   Issue of licences in respect of wildlife and wildlife products

(1)  A licence specified in the first column of any Part of Schedule 9 may be issued in accordance with this regulation, authorising the holder to do such acts as are specified in the second column of that Part in respect of that licence.

(2)  A licence may be issued by the Director or by some person authorised by the Director to issue that licence.

(3)  Nothing in this regulation is to be construed as requiring the Director to issue a licence.

(4)  A licence or permit issued under this Division may be issued subject to conditions or restrictions relating to –

(a) the manner in which an animal taken by the licence holder may be identified; and

(b) the affixing of a tag by the licence holder to an animal so taken.

(5)  The holder of a licence under this Division must not fail to comply with a condition or restriction to which the licence is subject.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  A licence is not to be issued contrary to any instructions given by the Director and a licence issued contrary to any such instructions is of no effect.

(7)  An application for a licence is to be accompanied by a written notification of all relevant offences of which the applicant has been convicted within the period of 5 years preceding the date on which the application is made.

(8)  Where an applicant for a licence has, since the commencement of the period of 5 years ending on the date of the making of the application for the licence, been convicted of a relevant offence, the licence applied for is not to be issued to the applicant, except by, or with the approval of, the Director, and a licence issued contrary to this regulation is of no effect.

(9)  A person who holds a licence must not make application for another licence of the same kind and any licence issued in pursuance of such an application is of no effect.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(10)  Any person who is issued with a licence that, by virtue of subregulation (6) , (8) or (9) , is of no effect must surrender that licence to the Director or an authorised officer.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(11)  For the purposes of this regulation,

relevant offence means an offence under the Act or these regulations.

7.   Tag not to be removed

(1)  Where a tag has been affixed to an animal in accordance with this regulation, a person must not remove that tag unless authorised to do so by the Director.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not interfere with, damage or deface a tag affixed to an animal in accordance with this regulation.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

8.   Licence or permit to be completed

A person who has been issued with a licence or permit must, if the person is required so to do by the licence or permit, complete the licence or permit and return it to the Director –

(a) on or before the date specified in the licence or permit; or

(b) within 14 days after the end of the season –

whichever is the earlier.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

9.   Fee for licence

(1)  Subject to subregulation (2) , a licence is not to be issued unless the fee set out for that licence in the third column of Schedule 9 is paid to the Director or to the person by whom the licence is issued.

(2)  Where the Minister in any special case so approves, a licence may be issued without payment of the fee or on payment of a lesser fee than that required by subregulation (1) .

10.   Cancellation of licence

The Director may, at any time, cancel a licence by serving a notice in writing on the holder stating that the licence is cancelled and the grounds on which it has been so cancelled, and on the service of that notice the licence ceases to be of any effect and the holder must surrender it to the Director.

11.   Permits for export

(1)  The Director or a person authorised by the Director in that behalf may issue a permit authorising the removal from the State of any form of wildlife, or wildlife products, specified in the permit.

(2)  Subject to subregulation (3) , a permit is not to be issued unless the following fee is paid to the Director or person issuing the permit:

(a) in the case of a permit that relates to living creatures –

(i) 10 fee units; or

(ii) 2 fee units for each creature –

whichever is the greater;

(b) in any other case, 10 fee units.

(3)  Where the Director is satisfied that the removal from the State of any wildlife or wildlife products is required for some scientific or educational purpose, the Director may issue a permit under this regulation without payment of the fee referred to in subregulation (2) .

12.   Permits for taking specially protected, protected or partly protected wildlife in special cases

(1)  Where the Director is satisfied that it is necessary or desirable so to do, the Director may issue a permit authorising the person named in the permit or some person acting under the Director’s direction to take, have possession of, buy or sell or otherwise dispose of, as may be specified in the permit, such specially protected wildlife, protected wildlife or partly protected wildlife or the products of such wildlife as may be specified in the permit.

(2)  The Director may require the payment of a fee for the issue of a permit under subregulation (1) .

13.   Permits for taking of wildlife to prevent injury to crops

(1)  The Director or a person authorised by the Director in that behalf may issue a permit authorising the taking of wildlife as may be specified in the permit if satisfied that it is proper to do so to prevent the destruction of, or injury to, any stock or plants caused by that wildlife.

(2)  A permit issued under this regulation may authorise the possession or selling or other disposal of the wildlife taken under the authority of the permit or the products of any such wildlife.

(3)  The Director may require the payment of a fee approved by the Minister for the issue of a permit under subregulation (1) .

14.   General effect of permits

(1)  A permit may specify the circumstances in which or the conditions subject to which the authority granted by the permit may be exercised.

(2)  Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (1) , the circumstances and conditions may relate to all or any of the following matters:

(a) the time at which, the period within which or the place at which the authority may be exercised;

(b) the manner in which it may or may not be exercised;

(c) the precautions to be observed in the exercise of the authority;

(d) the person by whom any act authorised by the permit is to be done, or the supervision or control under which any such act is to be done;

(e) the disposal of, or other dealings with, any wildlife or wildlife products taken under the authority of the permit;

(f) the records to be kept or notifications to be given in relation to the exercise of the authority.

(3)  A person to whom a permit is issued under this Part must ensure that the conditions under which the authority granted by the permit may be exercised are complied with.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

Division 2 - Taking, and trading in, wildlife and wildlife products

15.   Prohibition on taking specially protected wildlife

(1)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not take, buy, sell or have possession of any form of specially protected wildlife or the products of such wildlife.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply to the having possession of specially protected wildlife that is kept by the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence pursuant to that licence.

16.   Taking protected wildlife

(1)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not take, buy, sell or have possession of any form of protected wildlife or the products of such wildlife.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply to –

(a) the buying, selling or having possession of a form of wildlife described in Schedule 3 or a product of that form of wildlife; or

(b) the having possession of protected wildlife that is kept by the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence pursuant to that licence; or

(c) the having possession of a product of a form of wildlife referred to in paragraph (b) that is kept as provided in that paragraph; or

(d) the taking of a snake which a person reasonably believes may threaten the life of a person or a domestic animal; or

(e) the taking of, or having possession of, amphibian eggs or tadpoles; or

(f) the taking of, or having possession of, up to 6 adult specimens each of metallic skink, spotted skink, common froglet and brown tree frog.

17.   Partly protected wildlife

(1)  A person must not take any form of partly protected wildlife described in Schedule 4 or any product of such wildlife unless that person is authorised to do so by a licence or permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not take a form of partly protected wildlife or any product of that form of partly protected wildlife other than during an open season for that form of partly protected wildlife unless that person is authorised to do so by a permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not sell any product of any form of partly protected wildlife unless that person is authorised to do so by a licence or permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(4)  Subregulation (3) does not apply to the sale of –

(a) a skin of a wallaby or brushtail possum which has been –

(i) marked in accordance with regulation 22 ; or

(ii) subjected to a process of treatment; or

(b) an egg of a pheasant or brown quail produced by a bird held in captivity; or

(c) a product of a juvenile muttonbird sold by a person who holds a commercial muttonbird operator’s licence.

(5)  A person must not take or possess an egg of any form of partly protected wildlife, other than an egg of a pheasant or brown quail produced by a bird held in captivity, unless that person is authorised to do so by a permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  Subregulation (5) does not apply to the possession of an egg of any form of partly protected wildlife under a wildlife exhibition licence.

(7)  A person must not buy an egg of any form of partly protected wildlife, other than an egg of a pheasant or brown quail produced by a bird held in captivity, unless that person is authorised to do so by a permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(8)  A person must not possess a live creature which is a form of partly protected wildlife, other than a wallaby, brushtail possum, wombat, pheasant, brown quail or wild duck, unless that person is authorised to do so by a permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(9)  Subregulation (8) does not apply to the possession of a live creature which is a form of partly protected wildlife held under a wildlife exhibition licence.

(10)  A person must not sell a live creature which is a form of partly protected wildlife unless that person is authorised to do so by a permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

18.   Restricted wildlife

A person must not buy, sell or have possession of any form of restricted wildlife described in Schedule 6 or any product of such wildlife unless that person is authorised to do so by a permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

19.   Dealing with wildlife unlawfully taken

(1)  A person must not buy or sell any wildlife that has been taken contrary to these regulations or any product of any wildlife so taken.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not possess any wildlife that has been taken contrary to these regulations or any product of any wildlife so taken.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

20.   Export of wildlife

Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not remove, or cause or allow to be removed, from the State any form of wildlife or wildlife products, other than rabbits and the products of rabbits.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

21.   Dealings in wallaby skins and brushtail possum skins

(1)  Except as may be authorised by a licence or permit, a person must not buy or sell an untreated wallaby skin or brushtail possum skin or an unmarked wallaby skin or brushtail possum skin.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not prevent a single individual from buying during an open season not more than 10 untreated and unmarked skins.

(3)  For the purposes of this regulation, a licence referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 9 that authorises the selling of a skin, or the products, of a wallaby, is taken to authorise the selling of any such skin, or any such product, that is an untreated skin or an unmarked skin.

(4)  Any person who buys an unmarked skin must, within 28 days of receiving the skin, produce that skin to an inspector and pay the royalty payable in respect of the skin under regulation 22 .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not, otherwise than during an open season or the period of 14 days immediately following the end of the season, be in possession of an unmarked skin.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  A person must not prepare an unmarked skin for any process of treatment or carry out any process of treatment, or any part of such a process, on an unmarked skin.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

22.   Royalties in respect of wallaby skins and brushtail possum skins

(1)  In respect of each skin of a kind specified in the first column of Schedule 10 , a royalty of an amount specified in the second column of that schedule is payable.

(2)  When a skin referred to in subregulation (1) is produced to an inspector and the royalty payable in respect of that skin is paid to the inspector, the inspector is to mark the skin in a manner approved by the Director.

(3)  The Director may waive the payment of the royalty in respect of the skins of creatures taken in pursuance of a permit issued under regulation 13 and where such a skin is produced to an inspector the inspector, if satisfied that the skin is a skin in respect of which the payment of the royalty has been so waived, is to mark the skin in a manner approved by the Director.

23.   Records of dealings in skins

(1)  The holder of a licence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 9 who sells or otherwise disposes of any wallaby skins must, as soon as practicable –

(a) record on that licence –

(i) the number of skins so sold or disposed of; and

(ii) the name and address of the place of abode or business of the person to whom they were sold or disposed of; and

(iii) the date on which they were sold or disposed of; and

(b) sign and date that record.

(2)  Where under subregulation (1) a record is required to be made with respect to the sale or other disposal of any skins, the person to whom those skins are sold or disposed of is to sign and date that record.

(3)  The holder of a fauna dealer’s licence (skins) must keep and maintain a record in a form approved by the Director of all sales and purchases by the holder of, and other dealings in, wallaby skins and brushtail possum skins.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  A record required to be kept under subregulation (3) is to show in relation to each sale or purchase of, or other dealings in, any skins –

(a) the date of that sale, purchase or other dealing; and

(b) the number of those skins; and

(c) the name and address of the place of abode or business of the person to whom the skins were sold, or from whom they were purchased or with whom the other dealing took place, as the case may be.

(5)  The holder of a fauna dealer’s licence (skins) must, not later than the fourteenth day of each month provide the Director with a copy of the record kept under subregulation (3) in respect of the sales and purchases of, and other dealings in, skins during the preceding calendar month.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  The holder of a fauna dealer’s licence (skins) must not –

(a) in a record kept under subregulation (3) , make a statement, or supply information, knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) fail to furnish to the Director a copy of such a record on or before the appropriate day specified by that subregulation.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

24.   Restrictions on receiving wallaby skins and brushtail possum skins

(1)  Except as authorised by a permit issued under subregulation (3) by the Director, a person must not receive a wallaby skin or brushtail possum skin as the employee or agent of, or otherwise on behalf of, the holder of a fauna dealer’s licence (skins).

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  The holder of a fauna dealer’s licence (skins) may, by written notice to the Director, nominate a person as the person whom the holder wishes to receive a wallaby skin or brushtail possum skin as an employee or agent of, or otherwise on behalf of, the holder of the licence.

(3)  Where the Director receives a notice under subregulation (2) , the Director may issue a permit to the person nominated by the holder of the licence authorising that person to receive a wallaby skin or brushtail possum skin as the employee or agent of, or otherwise on behalf of, the holder of the licence.

(4)  The holder of a fauna dealer’s licence (skins) may, by written notice to the Director, revoke the nomination of a person contained in a notice under subregulation (2) given by the holder of the licence.

(5)  The Director, on receipt of a notice under subregulation (4) from the holder of a fauna dealer’s licence (skins), is to cancel the permit to which the notice relates by serving on the holder of the permit a written notice stating that –

(a) the permit is cancelled; and

(b) it has been cancelled on the ground that the nomination of that person has been revoked by the holder of the licence.

(6)  If at any time the Director considers that there are grounds for cancelling a permit, other than the ground referred to in subregulation (5) , the Director may cancel the permit by serving on the holder a written notice stating that the permit is cancelled and the grounds for its cancellation.

(7)  Where a notice under subregulation (5) or (6) cancelling a permit is served on a person, the permit ceases to have effect and the person must surrender it to the Director as soon as practicable.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

25.   Deer, pheasant and brown quail

(1)  Except as authorised by a permit, a person must not during an open season take –

(a) more than one adult male deer; and

(b) more than one antlerless deer.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not during an open season take more than 3 adult male pheasant in any one day.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not during an open season take more than 20 brown quail in any one day.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  A person must not remove the head or sever the body of any deer at a place other than the usual residence of the holder of the licence under which the deer was taken except –

(a) with the permission of the Director; or

(b) where all products of the deer have been labelled with the name and address of the licence holder and the numbers of the relevant licence and tag.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  A reference in this regulation to a creature of any kind includes a reference to the products of that creature.

26.   Bag limits in respect of certain birds

(1)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not in any one day during an open season take more than 10 wild duck, of which –

(a) no more than 6 may be Australian Shelduck (Mountain Duck), if taken on Flinders Island; or

(b) no more than 4 may be Australian Shelduck (Mountain Duck), if taken elsewhere.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not in any one day during an open season take more than the following number of juvenile muttonbirds:

(a) in the Bass Strait islands, 25;

(b) elsewhere, 15.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  A reference in this regulation to a bird of any kind includes a reference to the products of that bird.

27.   Holder of commercial muttonbird operator's licence to provide return

The holder of a commercial muttonbird operator’s licence must, within 14 days following the end of the open season to which the licence relates, provide the Director with a return, in a form approved by the Director, giving such particulars relating to juvenile muttonbirds taken under the authority of the licence as the Director requires.

PART 3 - Regulation of hunting

28.   Illegal forms of hunting generally

(1)  A person must not take any wildlife by the process or method commonly known as smoking-out.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person must not take any bird (other than a muttonbird) that is a form of partly protected wildlife by any means other than by shooting with a firearm.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not, in taking, or for the purpose of taking, any form of partly protected wildlife, use or have possession of –

(a) a firearm having a bore greater than the bore commonly known as No. 12; or

(b) a firearm that is fitted with a silencer.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  For the purposes of subregulation (3)(b) , a silencer means any device, instrument or thing by means of which the sound caused by the discharge of a firearm is made less audible, whether such device, instrument or thing forms part of the firearm or is or can be affixed or attached to the firearm.

(5)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person must not use, during the period commencing one hour after sunset on any day and ending one hour before sunrise on the next day, a firearm for the purpose of taking any form of partly protected wildlife.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person must not, in taking, or for the purpose of taking, any form of partly protected wildlife, use or have possession of –

(a) a spear or bow or arrow; or

(b) an explosive substance; or

(c) a poison or a poisonous or stupefying substance; or

(d) birdlime or any viscid or adhesive substance; or

(e) a chemical compound; or

(f) a solid-jacketed military bullet of any calibre.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(7)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person must not use, apply or expose birdlime, or any viscid or adhesive substance in such manner, or in such circumstances, that it may catch or ensnare any bird.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

29.   Use of bait

(1)  A person must not use for the purpose of bait the carcass, or any part of the carcass, of any bird that is a form of partly protected wildlife.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person must not use the carcass of an animal that is a form of partly protected wildlife for any drag-hunt, dog race or dog training purpose.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  For the purpose of subregulation (2)  –

drag-hunt means a hunt in which dogs are encouraged to follow a scent trail made by dragging the carcass of an animal over the ground;

dog race means a race involving the pursuit by dogs of a lure which may be the carcass of an animal.

(4)  A person must not use any live creature that is a form of partly protected wildlife for the purpose of taking wildlife.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person who is in a vehicle, or within 10 metres of a vehicle, that the person has left for the purpose of taking wildlife, must not discharge a firearm for the purpose of taking any form of partly protected wildlife.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person must not use, or have possession of, any light in taking, or for the purpose of taking, any form of partly protected wildlife.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

30.   Organised shoot not to be held without permit

(1)  Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not –

(a) arrange or provide facilities for an organised shoot; or

(b) while carrying a firearm, take part in an organised shoot.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  The Director may issue a permit, subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified in the permit, authorising the holding of an organised shoot.

(3)  Where a person while carrying a firearm takes part in an organised shoot held under a permit issued under subregulation (2) , the person must comply with the terms and conditions specified in the permit that are applicable to the person.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  For the purposes of this regulation, an organised shoot is a gathering of persons, at least 15 of whom are carrying firearms, who –

(a) are assembled for the purpose of; or

(b) are engaged in; or

(c) are intending to engage in –

the taking of any wildlife.

31.   Nets, snares and traps

(1)  A person who uses, sets, lays or places in position any net, snare or trap of any kind for the purpose of taking any wildlife must remove, destroy or render harmless any net, snare or trap that is no longer in use.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person who uses, sets, lays or places in position any net, snare or trap for the purpose of taking any wildlife must –

(a) inspect that net, snare or trap at intervals not exceeding 24 hours; and

(b) immediately remove or release from the net, snare or trap any wildlife the person finds to be caught in the net, snare or trap.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

32.   Special provisions as to muttonbirds

(1)  A person must not take any muttonbird during the period commencing one hour after sunset on any day and ending one hour before sunrise on the following day.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not use, or have possession of, any pointed, barbed or sharpened implement for the purpose of taking any muttonbird from a burrow.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not take any muttonbirds by means, or with the assistance, of a dog.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  Except with the permission of the Director, a person must not –

(a) dig out, destroy, damage or in any way render useless any muttonbird burrow; or

(b) wilfully interfere with any muttonbird or muttonbird burrow on or in the vicinity of a muttonbird rookery; or

(c) take any adult muttonbird.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  Nothing in subregulation (4)(b) prevents the doing of any act reasonably necessary for the taking of a muttonbird under the authority of a licence or permit.

33.   Special provisions as to deer

(1)  A person must not use a dog to take a deer.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not, except with the permission of the Director, take a deer otherwise than by shooting with a rifle –

(a) with a calibre of not less than 6 millimetres; and

(b) which is capable of delivering a projectile having a kinetic energy of 1350 joules at a distance of 100 metres from the rifle.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  A person who has taken an adult male deer must immediately fix and lock a prescribed tag to the antler of the deer around the beam between the brow and the trez tine.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  A person who has taken an antlerless deer must immediately fix and lock a prescribed tag through the lower jaw of the deer.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  A person must not, except with the permission of the Director, remove a prescribed tag fixed to a deer in accordance with subregulation (3) or (4) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  A person must not interfere with, damage or deface a prescribed tag.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(7)  In this regulation,

prescribed tag means a tag issued to the holder of a deer licence at the time of the issue of the licence.

34.   Special provisions as to wild duck

(1)  A person who is in a vessel that is being driven or propelled by an engine or other mechanical means must not take or rouse or wilfully disturb any wild duck.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not use, or assist in the use of, any aircraft for the purpose of rousing or disturbing any wild duck.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not use any bait, live bird, tape recorder or electronic device to attract wild duck for the purpose of taking wild duck.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  A person must not use any weapon other than a shotgun with a smooth bore for the purpose of taking, rousing or wilfully disturbing any wild duck.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  A person must not remove the head of any wild duck at any place other than the residence, camp or shack of the holder of the licence under which the wild duck was taken.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

PART 4 - Control of wildlife exhibitions, travelling wildlife exhibitions and wildlife displays

35.   Prohibition against keeping wildlife exhibition in unlicensed places

A person must not keep a wildlife exhibition in any place unless the person holds a wildlife exhibition licence authorising the person to keep that exhibition in that place.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

36.   Issue of wildlife exhibition licences

(1)  Subject to this regulation, the Director may –

(a) on receipt of an application in writing by a body corporate, by an individual or by 2 or more individuals jointly; and

(b) on payment of a fee of 50 fee units –

issue a wildlife exhibition licence to the applicant or applicants if the Director is satisfied that –

(c) the place where the exhibition will be kept pursuant to the licence is suitable for the purpose; and

(d) the facilities and services that will be available for the care and treatment of the wildlife to be kept in that place are satisfactory; and

(e) the nature and construction of any buildings and cages erected in that place that will be used for the confinement of any of that wildlife are suitable for that purpose; and

(f) it is unlikely that any of that wildlife will escape from that place or from confinement in that place; and

(g) in the case of an application for the licence by –

(i) a body corporate, every director of the body corporate is a fit and proper person to be a director of a body corporate that keeps a wildlife exhibition and is otherwise of good character; or

(ii) an individual, the individual is a fit and proper person to keep a wildlife exhibition and is otherwise of good character; or

(iii) 2 or more individuals jointly, each of those individuals is a fit and proper person to keep a wildlife exhibition and is otherwise of good character.

(2)  The Minister may, if the Minister considers that it is a special case, approve of the issue by the Director of a wildlife exhibition licence without payment of the fee described by subregulation (1)(b) or on payment of a lesser fee than that so prescribed.

(3)  Nothing in this regulation is to be construed as requiring the Director to issue a wildlife exhibition licence.

(4)  A wildlife exhibition licence is subject to the following terms which are to be specified in the licence:

(a) that the holder of the licence must not, without the prior written approval of the Director or a person authorised by the Director in that behalf –

(i) erect or cause or permit to be erected in the place to which the licence relates any building or cage for the confinement of any wildlife; or

(ii) alter or cause or permit to be altered any building or cage erected for the confinement of wildlife in that place; or

(iii) keep any wildlife, or cause or permit any wildlife to be kept, in that place; or

(iv) release any wildlife, or cause or permit any wildlife to be released, from that place; or

(v) sell or otherwise dispose of, or cause or permit to be sold or otherwise disposed of, any wildlife kept in that place;

(b) that the holder of the licence must not cause or permit any wildlife to escape from that place;

(c) that the holder of the licence must comply with such directions as are given to the holder by the Director or a person authorised by the Director in that behalf with respect to all or any of the following matters:

(i) the provision of food and water for the wildlife kept pursuant to the licence;

(ii) the amount of space to be provided for the species or type of wildlife so kept, or for individual members of that species or type and to which the directions apply;

(iii) the kind of shelter to be provided for the species or type of wildlife so kept, or for individual members of that species or type, and to which the directions apply;

(iv) the separation of different species or types of wildlife so kept or of individual members of those differing species or types;

(d) any other terms the Director determines.

(5)  The holder of a wildlife exhibition licence must ensure that the terms to which the licence is subject are complied with or, as the case requires, are not contravened.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  Subject to this Part, a wildlife exhibition licence is in force for a period of 12 months from the date of the licence.

37.   Authority of wildlife exhibition licences

A wildlife exhibition licence while it is in force authorises the holder of the licence to keep wildlife in the place authorised by the licence, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and the terms to which the licence is subject.

38.   Renewal of wildlife exhibition licences

(1)  The holder of a wildlife exhibition licence may, at any time within the period of one month before the licence ceases to be in force, apply to the Director for renewal of the licence.

(2)  An application for the renewal of a wildlife exhibition licence is to be in writing and be accompanied by a fee of 50 fee units.

(3)  On receipt of an application made in accordance with subregulations (1) and (2) , the Director must, unless the application is withdrawn, grant to the applicant the renewal of the wildlife exhibition licence applied for unless the Director is satisfied that grounds exist on which the Director should cancel the licence.

(4)  Subject to this Part, where an application for renewal of a wildlife exhibition licence is made before the date on which the licence would, but for this subregulation, have ceased to be in force (in this subregulation, referred to as "the date of expiry") and –

(a) the renewal is granted before the date of expiry, on the grant of the renewal, the licence is to be in force for a further period of 12 months commencing on the date of expiry; or

(b) the renewal is not granted before the date of expiry and the application is not withdrawn before the date of expiry –

(i) the licence is taken to continue in force on and from the date of expiry until the renewal is granted or the application is withdrawn, or the result of an appeal under regulation 43 has been determined, whichever first occurs; and

(ii) on the grant of the renewal, the licence is to be in force for the remaining portion of the period of 12 months commencing on the date of expiry, and the renewal is to be expressed to have taken effect on and from that date.

39.   Records to be kept by holders of wildlife exhibition licences

(1)  The Director may require the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence to keep a record in a form approved by the Director.

(2)  Without limiting subregulation (1) , the Director may direct that the record is to contain particulars of any or all of the following matters:

(a) the natural increase in the exhibition of wildlife kept pursuant to the relevant licence;

(b) deaths of the wildlife in that exhibition;

(c) acquisitions to that exhibition, other than by natural increase;

(d) losses of wildlife in that exhibition, other than by death;

(e) the names and addresses of persons from whom or to whom wildlife in that exhibition was obtained or disposed of;

(f) the ages, sexes and identifying marks (if any) of wildlife to which the record refers.

(3)  A person authorised by the Director may, at any reasonable time, require the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence to produce to the person a record kept by the holder of the licence in accordance with a requirement under subregulation (1) .

(4)  The holder of a wildlife exhibition licence must not fail to produce to a person authorised by the Director a record required to be produced under subregulation (3) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

40.   Notifications to be given by holders of wildlife exhibition licences

(1)  The holder of a wildlife exhibition licence who knows, or has reason to suspect, that any of the wildlife kept pursuant to the licence is infected with disease or is liable to disseminate disease must as soon as practicable notify the Director in such manner as may from time to time be determined by the Director.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not make a statement, or supply information, in a notification under subregulation (1) , knowing the statement or information to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

41.   Cancellation or suspension of wildlife exhibition licences

(1)  Where the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence –

(a) contravenes or fails to comply with a term to which the licence is subject; or

(b) is convicted of an offence under the Act or these regulations –

the Director may cancel the licence by serving a written notice on the holder stating that the licence is cancelled.

(2)  A notice under subregulation (1) cancelling a wildlife exhibition licence –

(a) is to specify the grounds on which the licence is cancelled; and

(b) if the Director has, under regulation 42 , given any directions to the holder of the licence regarding the disposal of the wildlife to which the licence related, is to specify the date by which the holder of the licence is to comply with those directions.

(3)  On the service of a notice under subregulation (1) on the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence, the licence ceases to have effect and the holder of the licence must surrender it to the Director.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  If, in a case to which subregulation (1) applies, the Director considers it desirable to do so, the Director may, instead of cancelling the wildlife exhibition licence, serve a written notice on the holder suspending the licence for such period as is specified in the notice.

(5)  The suspension of a licence may be subject to the observance by the holder of such conditions as may be specified in the notice served under subregulation (4) .

(6)  The notice is to state the grounds on which the wildlife exhibition licence is suspended.

(7)  Where the suspension of a wildlife exhibition licence is made subject to the observance of conditions by the holder of the licence, the holder must not contravene or fail to comply with any of those conditions.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

42.   Disposal of wildlife when licence cancelled

A person whose wildlife exhibition licence is cancelled under regulation 41 must not dispose of the wildlife kept under the licence –

(a) without first obtaining the approval of the Director; or

(b) contrary to any directions given to the person by the Director regarding the disposal of that wildlife.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

43.   Appeals in respect of wildlife exhibition licences

(1)  A person who is aggrieved by –

(a) the refusal of the Director to renew a wildlife exhibition licence held by the person; or

(b) the cancellation or suspension of a wildlife exhibition licence held by the person –

may appeal to the Supreme Court.

(2)  An appeal under this regulation is to be brought within one month of the notification to the appellant of the decision of the Director to which the appeal relates.

(3)  Where an appeal is brought under this regulation against a decision of the Director, the Supreme Court, unless it dismisses the appeal, may quash the decision and direct the Director to renew the relevant wildlife exhibition licence or to remove the cancellation or suspension in respect of the relevant wildlife exhibition licence, as the case requires.

(4)  The Director is to give effect to any direction given under subregulation (3) .

(5)  The decision of the Supreme Court on the hearing of an appeal does not prejudice or affect the operation of the decision of the Director in respect of which the appeal is brought during the period between the giving of that decision and the determination of the appeal.

(6)  The decision of the Supreme Court on the hearing of an appeal under this regulation is final.

44.   Power of authorised officers to seize wildlife

An authorised officer may seize –

(a) any wildlife that the authorised officer considers to be distressed and that the authorised officer finds in a place in which wildlife is kept pursuant to a wildlife exhibition licence; or

(b) any wildlife that the authorised officer finds in such a place that the authorised officer knows or has reason to suspect is infected with disease or is liable to disseminate disease.

45.   Offences

(1)  A person other than the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence must not –

(a) cause or permit any wildlife to escape from the place in which it is kept under such a licence; or

(b) release or cause or permit any wildlife to be released from that place, unless the person does so with the written approval of the Director given to the holder of the licence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not interfere with a fence, gate, cage, building or other structure or with any equipment so as to cause or permit any wildlife to escape –

(a) from confinement in a place in which it is kept under a wildlife exhibition licence; or

(b) from such a place.

(3)  A person must not take any wildlife in a place in which it is kept under a wildlife exhibition licence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  Notwithstanding subregulation (3) , the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence may, for the purposes of good husbandry, take or cause or permit to be taken any wildlife in a place in which it is kept under the licence.

46.   Permits for travelling wildlife exhibitions

(1)  A person must not conduct a travelling wildlife exhibition unless the person holds a permit authorising the person to conduct that exhibition.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  The Director may, on receipt of an application in writing by a body corporate, by an individual or by 2 or more individuals jointly, issue a travelling wildlife exhibition permit to the applicant or applicants.

(3)  Nothing in this regulation is to be construed as requiring the Director to issue a travelling wildlife exhibition permit.

(4)  A travelling wildlife exhibition permit –

(a) authorises the holder of the permit to conduct a travelling wildlife exhibition with the wildlife specified in the permit; and

(b) is subject to any terms that the Director determines and as are specified in the permit.

(5)  Without limiting the generality of subregulation (4)(b) , the terms to which a travelling wildlife exhibition permit may be subject include terms relating to –

(a) the provision of food and water for the wildlife kept in connection with the conduct of the travelling wildlife exhibition to which the permit applies; and

(b) the amount of space to be provided for the species or type of wildlife so kept, or for individual members of that species or type; and

(c) the kind of shelter to be provided for the species or type of wildlife so kept, or for individual members of that species or type; and

(d) the separation of differing species or types of wildlife so kept or of the individual members of those differing species or types; and

(e) the sale or other disposal of any wildlife so kept.

(6)  The holder of a travelling wildlife exhibition permit must ensure that any terms to which the permit is subject are complied with or, as the case requires, are not contravened.

(7)  A person must not –

(a) cause or permit any wildlife kept in connection with the conduct of a travelling wildlife exhibition to escape from the place where the exhibition is being held; or

(b) interfere with a fence, gate, cage, building or other structure or with any equipment so as to cause or permit any wildlife to escape –

(i) from confinement in a place where the exhibition is being held; or

(ii) from such a place.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(8)  Where the holder of a travelling wildlife exhibition permit –

(a) contravenes or fails to comply with a term to which the permit is subject; or

(b) is convicted of an offence under the Act –

the Director may cancel the permit by serving a written notice on the holder stating that the permit is cancelled and specifying the grounds on which it is cancelled.

(9)  On the service of a notice under subregulation (8) on the holder of a travelling wildlife exhibition permit, the permit ceases to have effect and the holder of the permit is to surrender it to the Director.

47.   Permit for display of wildlife

(1)  A person, unless authorised to do so by a permit, must not –

(a) display any wildlife; or

(b) have in possession any wildlife for the purpose of display.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person may apply to the Director for a wildlife display permit.

(3)  An application for a permit is to be –

(a) in writing; and

(b) accompanied by a fee of 20 fee units.

(4)  The Director may –

(a) grant the application; or

(b) refuse to grant the application.

(5)  If the Director grants the application, the Director is to issue a permit.

48.   Terms of wildlife display permit

(1)  A wildlife display permit may be granted subject to all or any of the following terms as specified in the permit:

(a) that secure enclosures for the confinement of wildlife are provided;

(b) that wildlife is not released or allowed to escape from an enclosure;

(c) that any wildlife that is diseased or suffering from any wound is not displayed;

(d) that wildlife is not handled by the public;

(e) that wildlife is not subject to stress;

(f) that wildlife is provided with food and water;

(g) that, during the transporting of wildlife, wildlife –

(i) in not subjected to excessive noise, exhaust fumes, heat or cold; and

(ii) is provided with adequate ventilation;

(h) that while wildlife is not on display, it is kept in appropriate enclosures that allow sufficient space for exercise;

(i) that any directions given by an authorised officer are complied with.

(2)  The holder of a wildlife display permit must not fail to comply with any term specified in the permit.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

49.   Duration and renewal of wildlife display permit

(1)  A wildlife display permit is in force for the period, not exceeding 12 months, specified in the permit.

(2)  The holder of a wildlife display permit, at any time within the period of one month before the permit ceases to be in force, may apply to the Director to renew the permit.

(3)  An application to renew a permit is to be –

(a) in writing; and

(b) accompanied by a fee of 20 fee units.

(4)  The Director may –

(a) grant the application; or

(b) refuse to grant the application.

(5)  The Director must grant the application unless the Director is satisfied that grounds exist for the cancellation or suspension of the permit.

(6)  If the Director refuses to grant the application, the Director, by notice in writing served on the holder of the permit, is to notify the holder of that refusal.

(7)  A notice is to specify the grounds on which the Director refuses to grant the application.

50.   Cancellation of wildlife display permit

(1)  The Director, by notice in writing served on the holder of a wildlife display permit, may cancel the permit on any of the following grounds:

(a) that the holder of the permit has contravened or failed to comply with any term specified in the permit;

(b) that the holder of the permit has been convicted of an offence under the Act or these regulations.

(2)  A notice is to specify the grounds on which the permit is cancelled.

(3)  On the service of a notice –

(a) the permit ceases to have effect; and

(b) the holder of the permit must surrender the permit to the Director.

51.   Suspension of wildlife display permit

(1)  The Director, by notice in writing served on the holder of a wildlife display permit, may suspend the permit on any grounds specified in regulation 50 if satisfied that –

(a) those grounds are not so serious as to warrant cancellation of the permit; or

(b) the holder of the permit is able to comply with any term specified in the permit within a reasonable time.

(2)  A notice is to specify the grounds on which a permit is suspended.

(3)  The Director may suspend a permit –

(a) for the period specified in the notice; and

(b) subject to any conditions specified in the notice.

(4)  If a permit is suspended subject to any conditions, the holder of the permit must not contravene or fail to comply with any of those conditions.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

52.   Surrender of wildlife display permit

(1)  The holder of a wildlife display permit, by notice in writing to the Director, may surrender the permit.

(2)  A permit ceases to have effect –

(a) on the date specified in the notice; or

(b) if a date is not specified, on the date of receipt of the notice.

53.   Appeals in respect of wildlife display permit

(1)  The holder of a wildlife display permit may appeal to the Supreme Court against –

(a) the refusal of the Director to grant an application to renew the permit; or

(b) the cancellation or suspension of the permit.

(2)  An appeal is to be brought within one month after the holder of the permit is served with a relevant notice.

(3)  The Supreme Court may –

(a) dismiss the appeal; or

(b) quash the decision of the Director and order the Director to –

(i) grant the application to renew the permit; or

(ii) remove the cancellation or suspension of the permit.

(4)  The Director must give effect to any order given under subregulation (3) .

(5)  The decision of the Supreme Court on the hearing of an appeal does not prejudice or affect the operation of the decision of the Director in respect of which the appeal is brought during the period between the giving of that decision and the determination of the appeal.

(6)  The decision of the Supreme Court on the hearing of the appeal is final.

PART 5 - Miscellaneous

54.   Interpretation of Part 5

In this Part,

permit includes a permit under regulations 46 and 47 .

55.   Misrepresentations as to licences

(1)  A person must not produce to an authorised officer any document that is, or purports to be, a licence with the intention of falsely representing to that officer that the person or a body corporate is the holder of that licence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not, with intention to deceive, produce to an authorised officer any licence that has been altered in a material respect or any document that resembles a licence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not issue a licence containing a false statement of the day on which or the period for which it is issued.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(4)  The holder of a licence must not lend the licence to another person, or cause or permit that licence to be used in a manner calculated to deceive an authorised officer.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(5)  A person must not produce the licence of another person to an authorised officer.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(6)  A person must not falsely represent to an authorised officer that –

(a) the first-mentioned person is the holder of a licence in the first-mentioned person’s own right or jointly with another person or other persons; or

(b) a body corporate is the holder of a licence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(7)  In this regulation,

licence includes a wildlife exhibition licence and a permit.

56.   False or misleading statements in applications

A person must not make an application for a licence, wildlife exhibition licence or permit which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

57.   Prescribed offences

For the purposes of Part VIA of the Act –

(a) an offence against a regulation specified in Column 2 of Schedule 11 is a prescribed offence; and

(b) the penalty specified in Column 3 of that Schedule opposite the regulation is the penalty applicable to that offence.

SCHEDULE 1 - Specially protected wildlife

Regulation 3(1)

Invertebrates

Amphibians

Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

SCHEDULE 2 - Protected wildlife

Regulation 3(1)

Invertebrates

Amphibians

Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

SCHEDULE 3 - Protected wildlife which may be bought, sold or held without a permit

Regulations 3(1) and 16(2)

Birds

SCHEDULE 4 - Partly protected wildlife

Regulations 3(1) and 17

Birds

Mammals

SCHEDULE 5 - Prohibited animals

Regulation 3(3)

Birds

SCHEDULE 6 - Restricted wildlife

Regulations 3(1) and 18

Amphibians

SCHEDULE 7 - Domestic Stock

Regulation 3(4)

SCHEDULE 8 - Open seasons for certain forms of partly protected wildlife

Regulation 3(5)

SCHEDULE 9 - Licences

Regulations 5 , 6 and 9

PART 1 - Skin dealer's licences

PART 2 - Wallaby licences

PART 3 - Muttonbird licences

PART 4 - Other licences

SCHEDULE 10 - Royalties

Regulation 22

SCHEDULE 11 - Prescribed offences in relation to which an infringement notice may be issued

Regulation 57

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 22 December 1999

These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.