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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 68A

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 68A

68A—Hunting permits

        (1)         Except as provided in subsection (5), a person must not hunt, or have possession of any firearm or device for the purpose of hunting, unless that person holds a permit under this section.

Maximum penalty: $1 000.

Expiation fee: $150.

        (2)         The Minister may grant to any person a permit under this section.

        (3)         A permit under this section cannot authorise hunting within the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary or the possession by any person, while in that Sanctuary, of a firearm or other device for the purpose of hunting.

        (4)         Where it is proved, in any proceedings for an offence against this section, that the defendant had possession of any firearm or device capable of being used for the purpose of hunting in circumstances that lead to a reasonable suspicion that the defendant had the firearm or device for that purpose, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the defendant had possession of that firearm or device for the purpose of hunting.

        (5)         No permit is required under this section for the purpose of—

            (a)         the destruction of animals that are endangering human life; or

            (b)         the destruction of animals (other than protected animals) by the owner of any land, a member of his or her household, or an employee or agent of the owner, that are causing damage to crops, stock or other property on the land; or

            (c)         the taking of an animal in pursuance of any other permit under this Act.