Western Australian Current Regulations

ROTTNEST ISLAND REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 40

40 .         Fauna, protection of

        (1)         A person shall not without permission or under the authority of a written law — 

            (a)         interfere with, take or destroy any fauna within the limits of the Island; or

            (b)         interfere with or destroy any nest, spawning ground or habitat of any such fauna.

        Penalty: a fine of $1 000.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply to — 

            (a)         the taking of fish in accordance with the Fisheries Act 1905  ² ; or

            (b)         the removal or destruction of feral or stray animals or birds.

        (3)         In this regulation — 

        fauna means any living thing that is not a human being or a plant and includes the eggs and immature stages of fauna; and

        fish means any marine or fresh water fish or crustacean or any other form of marine animal life.

        [Regulation 40 amended: Gazette 22 Sep 2015 p. 3863.]