NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 60J

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 60J

60J—Permit for harvesting protected animals

        (1)         If a plan of management has been adopted by the Minister under this Division in relation to a species of protected animal, the Minister may grant a permit to a person to harvest animals of that species and to sell or use the carcasses of the animals that have been harvested.

        (2)         The Minister must not grant a permit under subsection (1) to take animals on a reserve except animals of the following species—

            (a)         red kangaroo— macropus rufus ;

            (b)         western grey kangaroo— macropus fuliginosus melanops ;

            (c)         euro (wallaroo) (hill kangaroo)— macropus robustus ,

and then only if—

            (d)         the Minister has adopted a plan of management under section 38 in relation to the reserve; and

            (e)         the plan of management provides for the culling of animals of the species to which the permit relates in order to preserve animal or plant habitats or wildlife; and

            (f)         the permit only authorises the harvesting of animals that would otherwise be culled from the reserve pursuant to the plan of management.

        (3)         The Minister must not grant a permit under subsection (1) unless he or she is satisfied that the taking of animals of the species concerned pursuant to the permit and all other permits granted under this section or under some other section of this Act—

            (a)         will not adversely affect the ecosystems which animals of that species form part or the diversity of the species of animals and plants comprising those ecosystems; and

            (b)         will not adversely affect the species as a renewable resource for harvesting in the future.

        (4)         A permit granted under subsection (1) is subject to such limitations, restrictions or conditions as are imposed by this section or by the Minister under section 69 or are prescribed from time to time by regulation.

        (5)         A permit granted under subsection (1) is subject to a condition requiring the holder of the permit to use the methods and observe the procedures set out in the management plan for the killing, the capture and killing and the treatment after capture, of animals of the species to which the permit relates.

        (6)         It is lawful to—

            (a)         harvest protected animals; and

            (b)         sell, use or give away the carcass of a protected animal,

pursuant to a permit granted under subsection (1).