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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2002 - SECT 26 Wildlife regulations as to fauna

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2002 - SECT 26

PART 4 - Conservation of Fauna and Flora Wildlife regulations as to fauna

(1)  Without limiting the matters in respect of which the regulations may be made, the regulations, in relation to wildlife or any form of wildlife, may make provision for the prohibition or control of –
(a) the taking of wildlife or any products of wildlife; and
(b) the use or having in possession of any hunting equipment intended to be, or capable of being, used for the purpose of taking wildlife or any products of wildlife; and
(c) the use of any living thing for the purpose of taking wildlife or any products of wildlife; and
(d) the keeping or having in possession of wildlife or any products of wildlife; and
(e) the buying or selling of, or other dealings in, wildlife or any products of wildlife; and
(f) the exportation or disposal of wildlife or the products of wildlife.
(2)  The wildlife regulations –
(a) may require the payment of royalties in respect of the taking of any form of wildlife; and
(b) may make provision for the collection of those royalties.
(3)  The wildlife regulations may contain –
(a) provisions for the preservation of good order among persons engaged in taking wildlife or any form of wildlife; and
(b) for the purposes of protecting any crops or property, provisions –
(i) for authorising or regulating the taking of any form of wildlife; and
(ii) regulating the disposal of the carcass, or any part of the carcass, of any wildlife so taken and the application of the proceeds of that disposal; and
(c) for the purposes of protecting fish farming and other fishing activity, provisions prohibiting or controlling the use of devices designed to deter seals from interfering with fish farming and other fishing activities.