(1) This section applies in relation to a damage mitigation permit for a purpose mentioned in section 162 (1) (b) for an animal.
(2) The chief executive must not grant the permit unless the chief executive is satisfied—(a) there is, or may be, a threat to a person’s health or wellbeing resulting from harm caused by the animal to the person; and(b) action under the permit is unlikely to detrimentally affect the survival of the animal in the wild; and(c) the proposed way of taking the animal is humane; and(d) if the animal is a protected reptile—(i) the reptile would be released into the wild; or(ii) a conservation plan applying to the reptile would authorise a person who holds the permit to keep the reptile.