NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 64
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 64
(1) A person must not
be on any land for the purpose of taking a protected animal, or the eggs of a
protected animal, unless the owner of that land has given that person, not
more than six months beforehand, permission in writing to be on the land for
that purpose.
Maximum penalty: $1 000.
Expiation fee: $150.
(2) If the owner or
occupier of any land, or the servant or agent of the owner of the land,
suspects that a person trespassing on the land is committing, has committed,
or is about to commit an offence against this Act, he or she may request the
trespasser—
(a) to
state the trespasser's full name and usual place of residence; and
(b) to
leave the land.
(3) A person of whom a
request is made under subsection (2) must comply with it forthwith.
Maximum penalty: $1 000.
Expiation fee: $150.
(4) A person who has
been requested to leave land under this section must not re-enter the land
without the permission of the owner.
Maximum penalty: $1 000.
Expiation fee: $150.
(5) In proceedings for
an offence against this section, proof that a person has possession or control
of a dog, firearm or device capable of being used for taking a protected
animal is evidence that that person was on the land for the purpose of taking
a protected animal.
(6) In this
section—
"owner" means—
(a) in
relation to private land, the owner of the land; and
(b) in
relation to land held by a Minister, agent or instrumentality of the Crown,
that Minister, agent or instrumentality or a person authorised by the
Minister, agent or instrumentality; and
(c) in
relation to unalienated land of the Crown, the Minister administering the
Crown Lands Act 1929 or a person authorised by that Minister.