Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person must not knowingly, without a permit –
(a) take, keep, trade in or process any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna; or
(b) disturb any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna found on land subject to an interim protection order; or
(c) disturb any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna contrary to a land management agreement; or
(d) disturb any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna that is subject to a conservation covenant entered into under Part 5 of the Nature Conservation Act 2002; or
(e) abandon or release any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna into the wild.
Penalty:
Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and a daily penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(2) A person may take, keep or process, without a permit, a specimen of a listed taxon of flora in a domestic garden.
(3) A person acting in accordance with a certified forest practices plan or a public authority management agreement may take, without a permit, a specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna, unless the Secretary, by notice in writing, requires the person to obtain a permit.