Victorian Numbered Acts

WILDLIFE AMENDMENT (MARINE MAMMALS) ACT 2008 (NO. 45 OF 2008) - SECT 6

    (1)     Insert the following heading to section 41 of the Wildlife Act 1975 —

" Hunting, taking or destroying threatened wildlife ".

    (2)     In section 41(1) of the Wildlife Act 1975 for "endangered" substitute "threatened".

    (3)     For section 41(2) of the Wildlife Act 1975 substitute —

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

        (a)     who holds a licence or authorisation that authorises the hunting, taking or destroying of threatened 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 threatened wildlife, when that person is acting in accordance with the order.".