Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 45

Acquiring etc. endangered wildlife

45. Acquiring etc. endangered wildlife



(1) A person must not buy, sell, acquire, receive, dispose of, keep, possess,
control, breed, process, display, take samples from or experiment on
endangered wildlife.

Penalty: 240 penalty units or 24 months imprisonment or both the fine and
imprisonment and an additional penalty of 20 penalty units for every head of
wildlife in respect of which an offence has been committed.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person-

   (a)  who is the holder of a licence or authorisation which authorises the
        buying, selling, acquiring, receiving, disposing of, keeping,
        possessing, controlling, breeding, processing, displaying, taking
        samples from or experimenting on endangered wildlife; and

   (b)  who is acting in accordance with the licence or authorisation.