Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

A person must not take threatened fauna unless the person is authorised under section 40 to take it and complies with the conditions, if any, to which the authorisation is subject.

if the offence involves a cetacean — a fine of $500 000;

if the offence involves a critically endangered species that is not a cetacean — a fine of $500 000;

if the offence involves an endangered species that is not a cetacean — a fine of $400 000;

if the offence involves a vulnerable species that is not a cetacean — a fine of $300 000.

Subsection (1) does not apply if the threatened fauna is taken by —

a CALM Act officer, or a person assisting a CALM Act officer, in exercise of the power in section 165; or

an inspector under the Animal Welfare Act 2002, or a person assisting an inspector under that Act, in exercise of the power in section 41(1) of that Act.