Victorian Consolidated Regulations

FORESTS (RECREATION) (TEMPORARY) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 51

    (1)     A person must not within a forest reserve do any of the following—

        (a)     shoot, trap, catch or otherwise destroy or interfere with any animal;

        (b)     possess, carry or use any trap, snare, net or bow;

        (c)     possess, carry or use any poison;

        (d)     possess or carry a firearm.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

Note

Under section 130 of the Firearms Act 1996 it is an offence to possess or carry a loaded firearm or use a firearm in a public place. A person who contravenes this section is liable to a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years.

    (2)     Subregulation (1)(d) does not apply to a person who possesses or carries a firearm in the Delatite Arm Reserve.

    (3)     Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person hunting or taking deer in the Thomson River Forest Reserve or the Tarago Forest Reserve if that person does so in accordance with a licence or authorisation under the Wildlife Act 1975 and in accordance with any regulations made under that Act.