NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 100G Obligation to surrender protected wildlife on termination of captive breeding agreement

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 100G

100G Obligation to surrender protected wildlife on termination of captive breeding agreement

(1) If a captive breeding agreement is terminated, the chief executive may give a written notice to any person who is, or who appears to be, in charge of protected wildlife that, under the agreement, is the property of the State, to surrender the wildlife to the State.

(2) The notice may be given even if the wildlife is being kept or used at a place outside the State.

(3) The person must comply with the notice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.

(4) This section does not limit—

(a) section 88 , 88A or 89 ; or

(b) the State’s property in the wildlife; or

(c) a conservation officer’s powers in relation to the wildlife.