New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION REGULATION 2005 - REG 4

4 Exemptions from licensing requirements

(1) For the purposes of section 4 (1) of the Act, an animal display establishment is exempt from the requirement to be licensed if the only animals exhibited at the establishment are freshwater fish that are kept:

(a) in a decorative or landscaped pond or ponds of any size, or

(b) in an aquarium that has a capacity of less than 2,000 litres or aquaria that have a total capacity of less than 2,000 litres.

(2) For the purposes of section 4 (1) of the Act, an animal display establishment is exempt from the requirement to be licensed in respect of an animal if the animal is in an enclosed area and the Director-General is satisfied that:

(a) the animal is in a wild state, and

(b) given the nature and circumstances of the animal and establishment concerned, it would be unreasonable to require the use of the establishment to be licensed (and comply with the licensing requirements) under the Act.

Note: Certain wildlife sanctuaries require and maintain very limited human interaction with the animals kept on those premises. In such cases the Director-General may form the view that it is unreasonable to require the operator of the sanctuary to comply with the strict requirements of a licence under the Act.