Victorian Current Acts

WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 58M

    (1)     A court may make an order excluding a person (the offender ) from a specified hunting area specified in the order, for the period specified in the order, if the court—

        (a)     finds the offender guilty of a specified offence; and

        (b)     is satisfied that the order may be an effective and reasonable means of preventing the offender from committing a further specified offence.

    (2)     An exclusion order may be made—

        (a)     on the application of—

S. 58M(2)(a)(i) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 184.7).

              (i)     a police officer; or

              (ii)     an authorised officer; or

              (iii)     a person authorised by section 96 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 to take proceedings for an offence against this Act; or

        (b)     on the court's own motion.

    (3)     The exclusion period specified in the exclusion order must not exceed 12 months.

    (4)     An exclusion order—

        (a)     may exclude the offender from a specified hunting area—

              (i)     during any open season for ducks (as at the date on which the exclusion order is made); and

              (ii)     for the whole of the first day or the last day of any open season for ducks; and

        (b)     at all times during the period of the order or at the times specified in the order; and

        (c)     unless otherwise prohibited by this or any other Act, may (subject to any conditions the court thinks fit) allow the offender to enter the specified hunting area for a specified purpose—

              (i)     during the period of the order; or

              (ii)     at the times specified in the order; and

        (d)     may be made subject to any other conditions the court thinks fit.

    (5)     In determining whether it is satisfied under subsection (1)(b), the court must consider—

        (a)     the nature and gravity of the specified offence; and

        (b)     whether the offender has previously been found guilty of a specified offence; and

        (c)     whether the offender is or has been the subject of a banning notice or an exclusion order in relation to—

              (i)     another specified offence; or

              (ii)     a specified offence committed in another specified hunting area; and

        (d)     the likely impact of the exclusion order on—

              (i)     the offender; and

              (ii)     any alleged victim of the specified offence; and

              (iii)     public safety and public order; and

        (e)     any other matters that the court considers relevant.

S. 58N inserted by No. 11/2014 s. 23.