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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 1970 - REG 5

5 .         Licence to take protected fauna causing damage to property

        (1)         For the purposes of section 15 of the Act, the Minister may issue licences, to be known as damage licences, to take fauna causing damage to property.

        (2)         Any damage licence expires on the date shown thereon, and there may be specified in the licence — 

            (a)         the number and species of fauna which may be taken;

            (b)         the area or place where the fauna may be taken;

            (c)         the person or persons who may take the fauna;

            (d)         the manner in which, and the time of day when, the fauna may be taken;

            (e)         the manner in which the skins and carcasses, either separately or together, shall be disposed of or the person or persons to whom the skins or carcasses shall be taken for disposal; and

            (f)         the returns which the licence holder shall submit and the time within which the returns shall be submitted,

                and, without limiting the operation of any condition endorsed on the licence pursuant to section 15(5) of the Act, the damage licence authorises the holder to take and deal with fauna only in accordance with the requirements specified in the licence pursuant to this subregulation.

        (3)         The holder of a damage licence shall carry the licence on or about his person whenever he is taking or about to take the fauna to which it relates.

        (4)         Unless exempted from this regulations by the licence, the holder of a damage licence shall, before disposing of, selling or transporting or consigning any fauna, or part thereof, taken under the authority of the licence, duly affix a tag to each specimen of fauna or part thereof.

        [Regulation 5 amended in Gazette 9 Oct 1992 p. 4971.]



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