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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 74

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 74

74—Additional penalty

        (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.