Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 22

PART III LICENCES

Wildlife licences1

22. Wildlife licences1













(1) The Secretary may license a person to do all or any of the following-

   (a)  take or destroy wildlife;

   (b)  buy, sell, acquire, receive, dispose of, keep, possess, control,
        breed, process or display wildlife.



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(3) A licence-

   (a)  must be in a prescribed category; and

   (b)  is subject to any conditions, limitations and restrictions-

   (i)  that are prescribed; and

   (ii) that the Secretary imposes on the licence or on that category of
        licence; and



   (c)  is subject to the condition that the holder of the licence must allow
        inspection by an authorised officer, at any reasonable time, of any
        dwelling house specified in the licence for the purpose of monitoring
        compliance with this Act, the regulations or the conditions of the
        licence.

(3A) If the regulations vary the conditions, limitations or restrictions on
wildlife licences or a category of wildlife licences, the variation has
effect, in relation to a wildlife licence in force at the time the regulation
is made, upon the Secretary giving notice of the variation to the holder of
the licence.

(4) A person seeking the issue of a licence must apply to the Secretary in the
prescribed manner for a prescribed category of licence and must pay the
appropriate prescribed fee with the application.

(5) A licence issued under this section does not authorise a person to take
any wildlife from the wild or to destroy, buy, sell, dispose of, keep,
possess, control, breed, process or display any wildlife taken from the wild
unless the person is specifically authorised by the licence to do so.

(6) A person who holds a licence who contravenes subsection (5) or any
condition, limitation or restriction of the licence is guilty of an offence
and liable to a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(7) In addition to any other penalty to which the holder of a licence is
liable under this Act, a court before which the holder is convicted of an
offence against subsection (6) may impose any additional condition, limitation
or restriction on the licence that the court thinks fit.