Victorian Consolidated Regulations

FORESTS (RECREATION) (TEMPORARY) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 50

    (1)     A person must not disturb, remove, take or otherwise destroy or interfere with the nest, bower, display mound, lair or burrow of any fauna or other animal in a forest reserve unless that person—

        (a)     does so in accordance with a permit issued under these Regulations that permits the person to engage in the conduct otherwise prohibited by this regulation; or

        (b)     does so in accordance with any permit or licence required by the Wildlife Act 1975 , Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 , Fisheries Act 1995 or the Firearms Act 1996 or any regulations made under those Acts; or

Reg. 50(1)(ba) inserted by S.R. No. 108/2021
reg. 14.

        (ba)     is exempt from the requirement to hold a recreational fishery licence under section 44 of the Fisheries Act 1995 and takes fish in accordance with that Act or any regulations made under that Act; or

        (c)     is undertaking timber harvesting operations within that reserve in accordance with section 45 of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 .

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), the managing body may issue a permit to a person to engage in conduct otherwise prohibited by subregulation (1).