Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any person who,
for any purpose or in any manner, —
(a)
brings into the State from elsewhere an animal that is a declared animal of
category A1 in respect of the whole of the State; or
(b)
brings into a part of the State from another part of the State, or from
elsewhere, an animal that is a declared animal of category A1 in respect of
the first-mentioned part of the State,
commits an offence.
Penalty: For a first offence under
paragraph (a) or (b), not more than $1 000; for any subsequent
offence under the same paragraph, not more than $5 000.
(2) A person who
wishes to bring a declared animal of category A1 into the State or part of the
State for scientific or educational purposes may apply to the Protection Board
for permission to bring that animal into the State, or that part of the State,
as the case may be, and the Protection Board may grant such permission subject
to such conditions and restrictions as it considers necessary, or may refuse
such permission.
(3) Permission under
subsection (2) may be applied for and granted in conjunction with
permission under section 80(2).
(4) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b) it is a defence for the
accused to show that the declared animal was brought into the State or part of
the State, as the case may be, pursuant to permission granted by the
Protection Board under subsection (2) and in accordance with the
conditions and restrictions imposed by the Protection Board under
subsection (2).
[Section 77 amended by No. 59 of 1986
s. 7; No. 20 of 1989 s. 3; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82.]