Victorian Current Acts

GAME MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ACT 2014 - SECT 3

In this Act—

"authorised officer" means a person appointed as an authorised officer under section 22;

"Authority" means the Game Management Authority established under Part 2;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;

"game" has the same meaning as it has in the Wildlife Act 1975 ;

"game hunting" includes pursuing, trailing, stalking, searching for, driving out, taking or destroying game;

"game" licence has the same meaning as it has in the Wildlife Act 1975 ;

S. 3 def. of police officer inserted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 73.1).

"police officer" has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013 ;

"protected wildlife" has the same meaning as it has in the Wildlife Act 1975 ;

"public land "means the following—

        (a)     land under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 including land under the Alpine Resorts Act 1983 ;

        (b)     land in any park within the meaning of the National Parks Act 1975 ;

        (c)     reserved forest within the meaning of the Forests Act 1958 ;

        (d)     unreserved Crown land under the Land Act 1958 ;

        (e)     land in any State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve, within the meaning of the Wildlife Act 1975 ;

"public land manager" means a person or body responsible for the management of public land;

"relevant law" has the same meaning as it has in the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 ;

S. 3 def. of Secretary inserted by No. 40/2019 s. 40.

"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions;

S. 3 def. of threatened wildlife amended by No. 28/2019 s. 50.

"threatened wildlife" means protected wildlife that is specified in the Threatened List under section 10(1) of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 ;

"wildlife" has the same meaning as it has in the Wildlife Act 1975 .

Part 2—Game Management Authority

Division 1—Establishment, powers and functions