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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1980 - SECT 44

Killing native animals

    (1)     A person shall not, except in accordance with a licence, kill a native animal.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     if the animal has special protection status—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both; or

        (b)     in any other case—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to the killing of an animal in circumstances in which the animal constitutes a danger to a person.



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