Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 22A

Game licences2

22A. Game licences2





(1) The Secretary may license a person to hunt, take or destroy game.







(2) A person seeking a game licence must apply to the Secretary in the
prescribed manner for the game licence and must lodge the prescribed fee with
the application.

(3) The Secretary may, subject to any conditions, limitations and restrictions
that are prescribed or as the Secretary thinks fit to impose, license any
person to hunt, take or destroy any game.

(4) A game licence may be general in application or may be restricted as to
the kinds or taxon of game which may be hunted, taken or destroyed or the area
in which game may be hunted, taken or destroyed or the type of weapon which
may be used to hunt, take or destroy game.

(4A) Despite anything to the contrary in any other Act, if the Secretary
thinks fit, a game licence is subject to the condition that the holder of the
licence must take part in a ballot, in accordance with the regulations, in
order to determine the entitlements of the holder to take game specified under
that licence.





(4B) If the regulations vary the conditions, limitations or restrictions on
game licences or a category of game licences, the variation has effect, in
relation to a game licence in force at the time the regulation is made, upon
the Secretary giving notice of the variation to the holder of the licence.

(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Secretary must grant any application for a
game licence unless the Secretary is satisfied that-

   (a)  the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold the licence; or

   (b)  the applicant is not qualified under the regulations to hold the
        licence; or

   (c)  the issue of the licence would be deleterious to the conservation of
        any taxon or any kind of game; or



   (d)  the applicant is already the holder of a licence under this section;
        or



   (e)  the applicant has failed any prescribed test about the identification
        of that taxon of wildlife in respect of which the licence is to be
        issued.

(6) The Secretary may refuse to grant any application for a game licence if
the applicant has been convicted of any offence against this Act.



(7) A game licence unless sooner cancelled or surrendered under this Act
continues in force for any period up to 5 years that is specified in the
licence.



(7A) The Secretary must renew a licence upon application from the holder of
the licence unless the Secretary is satisfied that-

   (a)  any of the circumstances set out in subsection (5)(a), (b), (c) or (e)
        applies; or

   (b)  the applicant has been found guilty of an offence against this Act or
        the regulations; or

   (c)  the applicant has failed to comply with this Act, the regulations or
        the conditions of his or her licence.

(7B) Upon application made in writing and upon payment of any additional
prescribed fee, the Secretary may vary any licence in force under this section
in any respect and, as from the date of the variation, the licence is deemed
to have been granted as so varied.

(7C) In considering an application under subsection (7B) the Secretary may
refuse to grant the application if the Secretary is satisfied that any of the
grounds set out in subsection (5)(a), (b), (c) or (e) applies.

(7D) A person who is not a natural person is not eligible to seek the issue of
or to be granted a licence under this section.

(8) The holder of a game licence must not contravene any condition, limitation
or restriction to which the licence is subject.

Penalty for an offence against this subsection: 10 penalty units.

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