60J—Permit for harvesting protected animals
(1) If a plan of
management has been adopted by the Minister under this Division in relation to
a species of protected animal, the Minister may grant a permit to a person to
harvest animals of that species and to sell or use the carcasses of the
animals that have been harvested.
(2) The Minister must
not grant a permit under subsection (1) to take animals on a reserve
except animals of the following species—
(a) red
kangaroo— macropus rufus ;
(b)
western grey kangaroo— macropus fuliginosus melanops ;
(c) euro
(wallaroo) (hill kangaroo)— macropus robustus ,
and then only if—
(d) the
Minister has adopted a plan of management under section 38 in relation to
the reserve; and
(e) the
plan of management provides for the culling of animals of the species to which
the permit relates in order to preserve animal or plant habitats or wildlife;
and
(f) the
permit only authorises the harvesting of animals that would otherwise be
culled from the reserve pursuant to the plan of management.
(3) The Minister must
not grant a permit under subsection (1) unless he or she is satisfied
that the taking of animals of the species concerned pursuant to the permit and
all other permits granted under this section or under some other section of
this Act—
(a) will
not adversely affect the ecosystems which animals of that species form part or
the diversity of the species of animals and plants comprising those
ecosystems; and
(b) will
not adversely affect the species as a renewable resource for harvesting in the
future.
(4) A permit granted
under subsection (1) is subject to such limitations, restrictions or
conditions as are imposed by this section or by the Minister under
section 69 or are prescribed from time to time by regulation.
(5) A permit granted
under subsection (1) is subject to a condition requiring the holder of
the permit to use the methods and observe the procedures set out in the
management plan for the killing, the capture and killing and the treatment
after capture, of animals of the species to which the permit relates.
(6) It is lawful
to—
(a)
harvest protected animals; and
(b)
sell, use or give away the carcass of a protected animal,
pursuant to a permit granted under subsection (1).