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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 56
Provisions respecting animals in nature reserves
(1) A person shall not-- (a) harm any animal that is within a nature reserve,
(b) use any animal, firearm, explosive, net, trap, hunting device or
instrument or means whatever for the purpose of harming any animal that is
within a nature reserve,
(c) carry, discharge or have in the person's
possession any prohibited weapon in a nature reserve,
(d) carry or have in
the person's possession any explosive, net, trap or hunting device in a
nature reserve, or
(e) be accompanied by a dog in a nature reserve.
(2) A
person who commits an offence arising under subsection (1) is liable to the
penalty prescribed by section 175 for an offence against this Act or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.
(3) A person shall
not be convicted of an offence arising under subsection (1) if the person
proves that the act constituting the offence was done, or that the state of
affairs constituting the offence existed-- (a) under and in accordance with or
by virtue of the authority conferred by an authorisation under section 171, or
(b) in pursuance of a duty imposed on the person by or under any Act.
(4) A
person shall not be convicted of an offence arising under subsection (1) in
respect of the carrying or having in the person's possession of a net if the
person proves that the net was carried or in the person's possession for the
purpose only of taking, or attempting to take, fish from any waters.
(5) A
person, being a lessee or occupier of any lands within a nature reserve, or a
person authorised by such a lessee or occupier in that behalf, shall not be
convicted of an offence arising under subsection (1) in respect of the harming
of an animal that is within those lands (other than fauna or an animal of a
threatened species).
(6) The regulations may make provision for or with
respect to exempting, subject to the prescribed conditions and restrictions
(if any), any person or class or description of persons from the provisions of
subsection (1).
(7) Without limiting subsection (6), this section does not
prevent-- (a) an Aboriginal owner on whose behalf the lands of a
nature reserve are held by one or more Aboriginal Land Councils in accordance
with Part 4A, or
(b) any other Aboriginal person who has the consent of the
Aboriginal owner board members,
from harming an animal within the reserve for
domestic purposes or for ceremonial or cultural purposes (other than an animal
of a threatened species or an animal protected by the plan of management for
the reserve).
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