Taking, keeping and using animals

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The holder of a harvesting licence, or a relevant person for the holder, may carry out any of the following activities—

(a)

take an authorised animal from the place stated in the licence as a place from where the animal may be taken;

(b)

disturb or interfere with the animal in the wild, to the extent necessary to take the animal under paragraph (a);

(c)

keep an authorised animal at the licensed premises for the licence;

(d)

use an authorised animal at the licensed premises for the licence, other than—

(i)

to buy, accept or receive the animal; or

(ii)

sell or give away the animal; or

Note—

For authority to sell or give away an authorised animal, see section 130.

(iii)

process the animal for a commercial purpose; or

Note—

See part 7 and chapter 5, part 2 about dealer licences for processing animals for commercial purposes.

(iv)

engage in a commercial interaction with the animal in the wild.

Notes—

1 See the Nature Conservation (Estuarine Crocodile) Conservation Plan 2018 for provisions limiting and extending the activities authorised under a harvesting licence for estuarine crocodile eggs.

2 See the Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2017 for provisions limiting and extending the activities authorised under a harvesting licence for harvest macropods.

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129 Taking, keeping and using animals