WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 2010 ACT 716 Date of Royal ...

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 2010
ACT 716
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|Date of Royal Assent: 21 October 2010 |
|Date of publication in the Gazette: 4 November 2010 |
|Date of coming into force: 28 December 2010 [PU(B) 545/2010] |
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|PART I |
|PRELIMINARY |
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| 1. Short title and commencement. |
| 2. Application. |
| 3. Interpretation. |
|PART II |
|APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS, ETC. |
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| 4. Appointment of officers, etc. |
| 5. Delegation of powers. |
| 6. Power of Minister to give directions. |
| 7. Power of the Director General to issue orders. |
| 8. Carrying and use of arms. |
|PART III |
|LICENSING PROVISIONS |
|Chapter 1 |
|Requirement for licence, etc. |
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| 9. Requirement for licence. |
| 10. Requirement for permit. |
| 11. Requirement for special permit. |
|Chapter 2 |
|Application for licence, etc. |
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| 12. Application for licence, etc. |
| 13. Additional information or document. |
| 14. Grant of licence, etc. |
| 15. Power to impose additional conditions and to vary or revoke |
|conditions. |
| 16. Validity of licence, etc. |
| 17. Carrying or displaying licence, etc. |
| 18. Change of particulars. |
| 19. Loss of licence, etc. |
| 20. Replacement of licence, etc. |
| 21. Assignment of licence, etc. |
| 22. Return of licence, etc, upon expiry. |
| 23. Suspension or revocation of licence, etc. |
| 24. Licence, etc, to be void. |
| 25. Appeals. |
|Chapter 3 |
|Miscellaneous |
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| 26. Hunting by means of shooting. |
| 27. No licence during close season. |
| 28. Prerequisites to operate zoo, etc. |
| 29. Prohibition of possessing, etc, snares. |
| 30. Offspring of totally protected wildlife be deemed protected |
|wildlife. |
| 31. Barred from holding licence, etc. |
| 32. Limitation on granting licence or permit. |
| 33. Registers. |
| 34. Power of Director General to prescribe rules. |
| 35. Power of Director General to prescribe conditions. |
|PART IV |
|DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF LICENSED HUNTER, ETC. |
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| 36. Licensed hunter to record certain particulars. |
| 37. Licensed dealer to keep record. |
| 38. Licensed taxidermist to keep record. |
| 39. Receipt of wildlife to be prepared, etc., by licensed |
|taxidermist. |
| 40. Sale of protected wildlife by licensed hunter. |
| 41. Sale of birds' nest by birds' nest collector. |
| 42. Purchase of protected wildlife by licensed dealer or licensed |
|taxidermist. |
| 43. Period during which wildlife may be sold by licensed dealer. |
| 44. Issue of receipt. |
| 45. Wildlife tagging. |
| 46. Keeping wildlife at other premises. |
|PART V |
|WILDLIFE RESERVES AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES |
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| 47. Declaration of wildlife reserves and wildlife sanctuaries. |
| 48. Permits to enter wildlife reserves and wildlife sanctuaries. |
| 49. Prohibition of certain acts in wildlife reserves and wildlife |
|sanctuaries. |
|PART VI |
|GENERAL EXCEPTIONS AND PRESUMPTIONS |
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| 50. Hunting, etc, for the purpose of conservation. |
| 51. Aborigine may hunt certain wildlife. |
| 52. Officers may hunt wildlife. |
| 53. Owner or occupier of land may use birdlime to destroy |
|grain-eating birds. |
| 54. Capturing or killing of wildlife for protection of crops. |
| 55. Wildlife which is an immediate danger to human life may be |
|killed. |
| 56. Presumption of attempting to hunt if decoy is used. |
| 57. Presumption of using snare. |
| 58. Presumption against occupier. |
| 59. Presumptive evidence. |
|PART VII |
|OFFENCES AND PENALTIES |
|Chapter 1 |
|Offences relating to licence |
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| 60. Hunting, etc, protected wildlife without licence. |
| 61. Hunting, etc, immature protected wildlife without licence. |
| 62. Hunting, etc, female of protected wildlife without licence. |
| 63. Carrying out business of dealing, etc., without licence. |
| 64. Collecting birds' nests without licence. |
| 65. Importing, etc, protected wildlife without licence. |
|Chapter 2 |
|Offences relating to permit |
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| 66. Operating zoo, etc., without permit. |
| 67. Carrying out research or study without permit. |
|Chapter 3 |
|Offences relating to special permit |
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| 68. Hunting, etc, totally protected wildlife without special permit.|
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| 69. Hunting, etc, immature totally protected wildlife without |
|special permit. |
| 70. Hunting, etc, female of totally protected wildlife without |
|special permit. |
| 71. Importing, etc, totally protected wildlife without special |
|permit. |
| 72. Using, etc, totally protected wildlife without special permit. |
| 73. Carrying out research or study without special permit. |
|Chapter 4 |
|Miscellaneous |
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| 74. Damaging, etc, nest or egg of protected wildlife. |
| 75. Damaging, etc, nest or egg of totally protected wild