New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAME AND FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL ACT 2002 - SECT 5

5 Game animals for the purposes of this Act

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a "game animal" is any of the following that is living in the wild:

(a) deer (Family cervidae),

(b) California quail (Lophortyx callipepla californicus),

(c) pheasant (Phasiniacus phasianus colchicus),

(d) partridge (Alectors alectoris chukar),

(e) peafowl (Pavo cristatus),

(f) turkey (Meleagris gallopavo galloparvo).

(2) Any of the following animals that is living in the wild is also a "game animal" for the purposes of this Act:

(a) pig,

(b) dog (other than dingo),

(c) cat,

(d) goat,

(e) rabbit,

(f) hare,

(g) fox.

Note: A game hunting licence is not required for hunting the animals listed in subsection (2) on private land, and accordingly is only required if the animals are living in the wild on public land-see section 18.

(3) However, a game animal does not include any animal that is or is part of a threatened species, population or ecological community within the meaning of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 , or that is protected fauna within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .