Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 46

Acquiring etc. notable wildlife

46. Acquiring etc. notable wildlife



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

Penalty: 120 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both the fine and
imprisonment and an additional penalty of 10 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 notable wildlife; and

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