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FORESTS (RECREATION) REGULATIONS 2010 (SR NO 30 OF 2010) - REG 51

Protection of flora and fauna

    (1)     Subject to regulation 50(1) a person must not, in a forest park, knowingly disturb, harass, remove, hunt, capture, take, kill or injure or otherwise destroy or interfere with any fauna.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not, in a forest park, knowingly disturb, harass, remove, take, injure or otherwise destroy or interfere with the nest, bower, display mound, lair or burrow of any fauna.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (3)     A person must not, in a forest park—

        (a)     feed, offer food or offer any object as food to any fauna or other animal, where the animal is not lawfully brought into a forest park; or

        (b)     permit or allow food to be taken from the possession of the person by any fauna or other animal.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (4)     The managing body may by determination set aside any area of a forest park as an area for the protection of fauna or other animal.

    (5)     A determination under subregulation (4) may specify the times or periods during which the area may be used for the purposes other than for which it has been set aside under subregulation (4) and subject to any conditions determined by the managing body.

    (6)     A person must not enter an area set aside under subregulation (4) unless in accordance with the determination setting aside the area under subregulation (4).

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

    (7)     A person must not, in a forest park, intentionally or recklessly cut, fell, pick, remove, take, destroy or damage any flora.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (8)     A person must not, in a forest park, knowingly bring in, plant or introduce any seed, tree, shrub, fern, plant, algae or other vegetation, or any part of any tree, shrub, fern, plant, algae or other vegetation.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (9)     Subregulations (1), (2), (7) and (8) do not apply if—

        (a)     the person holds a permit issued by the Secretary that authorises that person to engage in the activity set out in those subregulations; and

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

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