NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 74
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 74
(1) Where a person is
convicted of an offence involving any unlawful act in relation to animals and
the court is satisfied that more than one animal was involved in the offence,
it must, in addition to imposing a penalty authorised by the provisions of
this Act under which the offence arises, impose an additional fine based on
the number of animals involved in the commission of the offence.
(2) The amount of the
additional fine is—
(a) not
more than $1 000 for each animal of an endangered species involved in the
commission of the offence; and
(b) not
more than $750 for each animal of a vulnerable species involved in the
commission of the offence; and
(c) not
more than $500 for each animal of a rare species involved in the commission of
the offence; and
(d) not
more than $250 for each animal (not being an animal referred to in
paragraph (a), (b) or (c)) involved in the commission of the offence.