Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
take , in relation to an animal, means to trap,
snare, shoot or catch that animal by any means other than poisoning and taking
has a corresponding meaning.
(2) The object of this
section is to protect human health and life from danger or detriment likely to
result from the handling or consumption of poisoned animals.
(3) Where the
Protection Board or an inspector or authorised person
proposes —
(a) to
use; or
(b) to
specify in a notice under section 43 or 50 the use of,
poison, or other means
likely to endanger or be detrimental to human health or life, for the control
of declared animals in any area, the Protection Board shall cause notice to be
published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the area, and in
such other manner as the Protection Board considers necessary in order to
notify the public of the proposal.
(4) In a notice
published under subsection (3) the Protection Board shall cause to be
stated —
(a) the
proposal;
(b) the
area to which the proposal relates;
(c)
notification —
(i)
that the taking of animals of a class specified in the
notice is prohibited absolutely until such time as a further notice cancelling
the prohibition is published by the Protection Board; or
(ii)
that the taking, for human consumption, of animals of a
class specified in the notice is prohibited until such time as a further
notice cancelling the prohibition is published by the Protection Board,
whichever the
Protection Board considers appropriate in the circumstances;
(d)
notification that the taking of animals of a class specified in the notice in
breach of the prohibition is an offence against subsection (6); and
(e) a
warning that if animals of a class specified in the notice are taken they are
likely to endanger or be detrimental to human health or life if handled or
consumed.
(5) Where the
Protection Board has caused a notice to be published under
subsection (3), if the Protection Board is of the opinion that the
prohibition mentioned in that notice may without danger or detriment to human
health or life be cancelled, the Protection Board shall cause a further notice
cancelling the prohibition to be published in the Gazette and in a newspaper
circulating in the area concerned.
(6) A person who takes
an animal of a class specified in a notice for the time being in force under
subsection (3) in breach of the prohibition mentioned in that notice
commits an offence.
Penalty: $1 000.
[Section 68 amended by No. 40 of 1978
s. 12; No. 20 of 1989 s. 3.]