Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wildlife Act 1975 - SECT 47

Acquiring etc. protected wildlife

47. Acquiring etc. protected wildlife



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

Penalty: 50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both the fine and
imprisonment and an additional penalty of 5 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 other protected wildlife; and

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

(3) In this section other protected wildlife means protected wildlife which is
not endangered or notable wildlife.