Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
(1) Except as may be authorised by a permit, a person must not take, buy, sell or have possession of any form of protected wildlife or the products of such wildlife.
Penalty:
Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to –
(a) the buying, selling or having possession of a form of wildlife described in Schedule 3 or a product of that form of wildlife; or
(b) the having possession of protected wildlife that is kept by the holder of a wildlife exhibition licence pursuant to that licence; or
(c) the having possession of a product of a form of wildlife referred to in paragraph (b) that is kept as provided in that paragraph; or
(d) the taking of a snake which a person reasonably believes may threaten the life of a person or a domestic animal; or
(e) the taking of, or having possession of, amphibian eggs or tadpoles; or
(f) the taking of, or having possession of, up to 6 adult specimens each of metallic skink, spotted skink, common froglet and brown tree frog.
(3) Also, subregulation (1) does not apply to the taking of protected wildlife by –
(a) a person undertaking the clearance of native vegetation or the harvesting of trees in accordance with a certified forest practices plan or a public authority management agreement, unless the Secretary, by notice in writing, requires the person to obtain a permit; or
(b) a person undertaking dam works in accordance with a dam permit granted under the Water Management Act 1999 after the commencement of Part 3 of the Dam Works Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2007.