Victorian Current Acts

WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 43

    (1)     A person must not hunt, take or destroy other protected wildlife.

Penalty:     50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both the fine and imprisonment and an additional penalty of 5 penalty units for every head of wildlife in respect of which an offence has been committed.

S. 43(2) substituted by No. 45/2008 s. 8(1).

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to a person—

        (a)     who holds a licence or authorisation that authorises the hunting, taking or destroying of other protected wildlife, when that person is acting in accordance with the licence or authorisation; or

        (b)     who is a member of a class of person in respect of whom an authorisation order has been made that authorises the hunting, taking or destroying of other protected wildlife, when that person is acting in accordance with the order.

S. 43(3) amended by No. 45/2008 s. 8(2).

    (3)     In this section "other protected wildlife" means protected wildlife which is not threatened wildlife or game.

S. 43A inserted by No. 70/1990 s. 8,
repealed by No. 87/1997
s. 14.

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S. 44 substituted by No. 9505 s. 11, amended by Nos 90/1989
s. 14(d), 70/1990
s. 6(1)(h)(i)(ii)
(i)(10)(a)–(c), substituted by No. 87/1997
s. 14.