Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 1970 - REG 3

3 .         Interpretation

                In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears — 

        advanced avicultural licence means advanced avicultural licence referred to in regulation 12(3a);

        affix , in relation to a tag, means to pass the tail of the tag through part of the skin or carcass, as required by the Executive Director, and then through the slot in the tag in such a manner that the selfsealing mechanism is activated and the tag cannot be removed unless the tag or the skin or carcass is deliberately cut, or to fix the tag to the skin or carcass in such other manner as may be required by the Executive Director;

        authorised means authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred by these regulations;

        avicultural licence means avicultural licence referred to in regulation 12(3);

        bird dealer’s licence means a licence issued pursuant to regulation 13 to authorise the holder to buy and sell or otherwise deal in avian fauna;

        chiller unit means and includes any trailer, vehicle, vessel or conveyance of any kind or any cold store or cold room used for the holding for any period of time of any fauna;

        damage licence means a licence issued pursuant to regulation 5 to the owner or occupier of land for the purpose of destroying fauna causing damage to his property;

        direct dealer means a person who buys or receives carcasses of fauna from persons licensed under regulation 5, 6 or 14;

        fauna farm licence means a licence issued pursuant to regulation 14;

        illegal tag means any device, other than an unused or sealed tag, which is likely to be or capable of being, or intended to be, confused with or represented as being a tag;

        Pet Herpetofauna Regulations means the Wildlife Conservation (Reptiles and Amphibians) Regulations 2002 ;

        professional shooter’s licence means a licence issued pursuant to regulation 6 to authorise the holder to take kangaroos for sale;

        registered means approved and registered by the Executive Director pursuant to these regulations;

        registered route means a registered route on or along which a registered transport or chiller unit may be driven, towed, or taken in a closed area;

        tag means a tag issued by the Executive Director to the holder of a licence under these regulations;

        transport unit means any vehicle or vessel of any kind associated or used in the transport of any fauna;

        trapper’s licence means a licence issued pursuant to regulation 11 to authorise the holder to take avian fauna for sale;

        wildlife licence means a licence issued pursuant to regulation 12A to authorise the holder to keep fauna, including Emus Dromaius novaehollandiae but excluding all other avian fauna, subject to conditions imposed.

        [Regulation 3 amended in Gazette 24 Dec 1976 p. 5047 and 5053-4; 21 Jul 1978 p. 2642; 1 Jun 1990 p. 2477 and 2486; 31 May 1991 p. 2649; 9 Oct 1992 p. 4971; 24 Sep 2002 p. 4763; 4 Feb 2003 p. 323.]