NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 58

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 58

58—Keeping and sale of protected animals

        (1)         Subject to this section, a person must not—

            (a)         keep more than one animal that is a protected animal of a prescribed species; or

            (b)         keep a protected animal of any other species,

unless authorised to do so by permit granted by the Minister.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (2)         Subject to this section, a person must not—

            (a)         have possession or control of more than five eggs that are the eggs of a protected animal of a prescribed species; or

            (b)         have possession or control of the eggs of a protected animal of any other species,

unless authorised to do so by permit granted by the Minister.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (3)         Subject to this section, a person must not sell or give away a protected animal or the carcass or eggs of a protected animal unless authorised to do so by permit granted by the Minister.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (4)         Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to an animal, or the carcass or eggs of an animal, of a species that is excluded from the operation of those subsections by proclamation.

        (4a)         A proclamation under subsection (4)—

            (a)         may operate in relation to one or two or all of subsections (1), (2) and (3);

            (b)         may operate differently in relation to different classes of persons or in relation to different circumstances specified in the proclamation;

            (c)         is subject to such conditions or restrictions as are specified in the proclamation.

        (5)         The Governor may, by proclamation, vary or revoke a proclamation referred to in subsection (4).

        (6)         A permit granted by the Minister under this section does not apply in relation to an animal, or the carcass or eggs of an animal, taken illegally or brought into this State illegally.

        (7)         The holder of a permit under this section must provide the Minister with such information as is required by regulation.

        (8)         A person who keeps an animal, or has possession or control of the eggs of an animal, taken in pursuance of a permit granted by the Minister to take protected animals, or the eggs of protected animals, for scientific research does not contravene subsection (1).