(1) Subject to subsections (8) and (9) , there is payable to the State for
protected wildlife taken under a licence, permit or other authority issued or
given under a regulation, the conservation value (if any) prescribed under
this Act for the wildlife.
(2) The conservation value of protected wildlife
is an expression in monetary terms of the State’s conservation concern for
the wildlife.
(3) Despite any Act or law, payment of the conservation value
does not, of itself, transfer property in protected wildlife from the State.
(4) A person who lawfully takes protected wildlife must pay the conservation
value for the wildlife within 30 days after the wildlife is taken.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(5) A person who
lawfully takes protected wildlife must not give up or surrender possession of
the wildlife unless the conservation value for the wildlife has been paid.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(6) A person must not
keep protected wildlife knowing that the conservation value for the wildlife
has not been paid.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(7)
If a person lawfully takes wildlife, subsection (6) does not apply to the
keeping of the wildlife by the person during the period allowed under
subsection (4) for the payment of the conservation value for the wildlife.
(8) The conservation value of wildlife is not payable by a person if the
person—
(a) is exempt from the payment under a regulation; or
(b) takes the
wildlife for an authorised purpose under a conservation plan applicable to the
wildlife; or
(c) takes the wildlife under a captive breeding agreement and
pays the amount that the agreement provides must be paid for the taking of the
wildlife.
(9) Also, the conservation value of a protected plant is not
payable by a person if the person takes a protected plant under an authority
and pays, within 30 days after the plant is taken, the amount, if any, that
the authority states must be paid for the taking of the plant.
(10) For
subsection (9) , the amount stated on the authority must not be more than the
conservation value for the protected plant.
(11) In this section—
"authority" means a licence, permit or other authority issued or given under a
regulation or conservation plan.
