Public service employees and contractors dealing with dead protected animals
27 Public service employees and contractors dealing with dead protected animals
This section applies to a person who is—
a public service employee; or
a contractor of a department.
The person may take a dead protected animal from a public place if it is necessary or desirable to do so.
Examples of when it may be necessary or desirable to take a dead protected animal from a public place—
• to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act
• to ensure the free and safe movement of traffic on a road
• to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons
The person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to an animal taken under subsection (2)—
keep a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so;
use, other than move, process or use for a commercial purpose, a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so;
bury or incinerate the animal;
move the animal to—
the place in the State where the part will be kept or used under paragraph (a) or (b); or
the place in the State where the animal is to be buried or incinerated under paragraph (c); or
another place where the animal is not likely to pose a risk to public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons;
otherwise deal with the animal in the way directed by the chief executive.
Examples of when it may be necessary or desirable to keep or use part of a dead protected animal—
• to perform research
• to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act
• to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons
In this section—
public place includes a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, whether or not it is open to, or used by, members of the public.
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