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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE (WILDLIFE) REGULATIONS 2019 (NO 36 OF 2019) - REG 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

"Act" means the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 ;

"additional", in relation to premises, means premises in addition to single premises;

"biological hazard"—see subregulation (5);

"carcass", of an animal—see subregulation (2);

"dangerous", in relation to a protected animal, means an animal (whether venomous or otherwise) capable of causing significant injury or harm to a person handling, or exposed to contact with, the animal;

"emu tag" means a tag or other device issued by the Director under these regulations for attachment to the skin of an emu;

"exempt species", in relation to a protected animal or the carcass or egg of a protected animal, means a protected animal, carcass or egg of a species excluded from the operation of subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 58 of the Act by proclamation made under section 58(4) of the Act (see Schedule 7 of these regulations);

"export permit" means a section 59 permit that authorises the holder to export a protected animal, or the carcass or egg of a protected animal;

"field chiller" means an appliance or structure, whether mounted on or forming part of a vehicle or otherwise, approved under an accreditation under the Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) Act 2004 for use for the provision of refrigeration facilities for the storage of the carcass of a kangaroo during the period between the field processing of the carcass and the transport of the carcass to the premises at which it is to be processed by a kangaroo meat processor;

"import permit" means a section 59 permit that authorises the holder to import a protected animal, or the carcass or egg of a protected animal;

"kangaroo" means an animal of the genus Macropus;

"kangaroo field processor" and "kangaroo meat processor have the same respective meanings as in the National Parks and Wildlife (Kangaroo Harvesting) Regulations 2018 ;

"kangaroo sealed tag" means a sealed tag within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife (Kangaroo Harvesting) Regulations 2018 ;

"permit" means a permit granted under the Act (whether before or after the commencement of these regulations) and "permit" preceded by a section, or more than 1 section, of the Act means a permit granted wholly under that section, or those sections, of the Act;

"personal use sealed tag" has the same meaning as in the National Parks and Wildlife (Kangaroo Harvesting) Regulations 2018 ;

"prescribed fee" means the fee prescribed by regulation under the Act;

"record book" means a record book supplied by the Director to a permit holder;

"return" means a return required to be provided to the Director under these regulations;

"return book" means returns bound in the form of a book supplied by the Director to a permit holder;

"skin", of an animal, means the skin of the animal whether still attached to, or separated from, the rest of the carcass of the animal;

"specialist animal" means a protected animal other than an animal of an exempt species or a species listed in Schedule 6;

"species" means species or subspecies;

"to export", in relation to an animal, carcass or egg, includes to remove the animal, carcass or egg from the State for any reason;

"to import", in relation to an animal, carcass or egg, includes to bring the animal, carcass or egg into the State for any reason.

        (2)         A reference in these regulations to the "carcass" of an animal has the same meaning as in the Act and includes a reference to the skin of the animal when removed from the rest of the carcass of the animal.

        (3)         A reference in these regulations to a permit of a specified name or class is a reference to a permit of that name or class described in Schedule 1.

        (4)         A reference in these regulations to the expiration of a permit granted under the Act includes a reference to the surrender of the permit pursuant to a condition of the permit.

        (5)         For the purposes of these regulations, a protected animal, or the carcass or egg of a protected animal, constitutes a "biological hazard" if it carries (or is of a species or from a location that significantly increases the likelihood that it carries) a bacterium, virus, fungus, insect or other organism or biological pathogen that poses a threat to the health of other animals or human beings.



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