Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT - SECT 45

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette , declare that it is lawful to kill animals of a specified species of protected wildlife.

(2) A declaration under subsection (1) is to specify the conditions that apply to or in relation to the killing of the animals, including -

(a) the period during which and the times when the animals may be killed;

(b) the areas within which the animals may be killed;

(c) the type of equipment that is to be used to kill the animals;

(d) the maximum number of animals that a person may kill;

(e) the maximum number or amount of dead animals or parts of dead animals a person may have in his or her possession or under his or her control; and

(f) that, notwithstanding the declaration, a person wishing to kill the animals cannot do so unless he or she has been granted a permit to do so or is a nominee under a permit granted to another person to do so.

(3) The Minister may not exercise his or her power under subsection (1) to authorise -

(a) the killing of animals located in a park, reserve, sanctuary or wilderness zone; or

(b) the killing of animals for commercial purposes.