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 holds a licence or authorisation that authorises the buying,
        selling, acquiring, receiving, disposing of, keeping, possessing,
        controlling, breeding, processing, displaying, taking samples from or
        experimenting on other protected wildlife, when that person is acting
        in accordance with the licence or authorisation; or

   (b)  who is a member of a class of person in respect of whom an
        authorisation order has been made that authorises the buying, selling,
        acquiring, receiving, disposing of, keeping, possessing, controlling,
        breeding, processing, displaying, taking samples from or experimenting
        on other protected wildlife, when that person is acting in accordance
        with the order.

(3) In this section other protected wildlife means protected wildlife which is
not threatened wildlife.