(1) Except as provided
in subsection (5), a person must not hunt, or have possession of any
firearm or device for the purpose of hunting, unless that person holds a
permit under this section.
Maximum penalty: $1 000.
Expiation fee: $150.
(2) The Minister may
grant to any person a permit under this section.
(3) A permit under
this section cannot authorise hunting within the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary or
the possession by any person, while in that Sanctuary, of a firearm or other
device for the purpose of hunting.
(4) Where it is
proved, in any proceedings for an offence against this section, that the
defendant had possession of any firearm or device capable of being used for
the purpose of hunting in circumstances that lead to a reasonable suspicion
that the defendant had the firearm or device for that purpose, it will be
presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the defendant had
possession of that firearm or device for the purpose of hunting.
(5) No permit is
required under this section for the purpose of—
(a) the
destruction of animals that are endangering human life; or
(b) the
destruction of animals (other than protected animals) by the owner of any
land, a member of his or her household, or an employee or agent of the owner,
that are causing damage to crops, stock or other property on the land; or
(c) the
taking of an animal in pursuance of any other permit under this Act.