Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

In this section —

in the case of injured fauna — to care for the fauna until it recovers from injury, sickness or disease; or

in the case of abandoned fauna — to care for the fauna until it is able to fend for itself.

Sections 149(1), 152(1) and 153(1) do not operate to prohibit a person from —

capturing, rescuing or receiving injured fauna or abandoned fauna; or

temporarily caring for injured fauna or abandoned fauna; or

delivering injured fauna or abandoned fauna to another person who has lawful authority to temporarily care for it; or

doing a combination of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

The regulations may —

exclude prescribed fauna or fauna of a prescribed class from the operation of subsection (2); and

prohibit a person from temporarily caring for injured fauna, or abandoned fauna, of a prescribed species except under the authority of a licence; and

require a person to notify the CEO within a prescribed period if the person possesses —

injured fauna, or abandoned fauna, of a prescribed species; or

injured fauna or abandoned fauna in circumstances where the person knows or reasonably suspects that the fauna was taken without lawful authority;

confer power on a wildlife officer to require a person who possesses injured fauna or abandoned fauna to give the fauna to the officer or to another person specified by the officer within a period specified by the officer; and

prohibit, control or regulate the release of injured fauna or abandoned fauna and for that purpose may confer power on the CEO to determine places in the State where such fauna can or cannot be released; and

prohibit, control or regulate any other matter relating to the keeping or possession of injured fauna or abandoned fauna.

This section does not limit or otherwise affect the operation of section 255(2) or (4).