Dealing with declared pest
23 Dealing with declared pest
Except as otherwise provided in the regulations or in a management plan, a person must not, in an area for which an organism is a declared pest —
keep, breed or cultivate the declared pest; or
keep, breed or cultivate an animal, plant or other thing that is infected or infested with the declared pest; or
release into the environment the declared pest, or an animal, plant or other thing that is infected or infested with the declared pest; or
intentionally infect or infest, or expose to infection or infestation, a plant, animal or other thing with a declared pest.
Penalty:
a fine of $50 000; or
if the declared pest is a high impact organism, a fine of $100 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
The regulations may provide that a person must not move a declared pest, or an animal, plant or other thing that is infected or infested with the declared pest, from the place where it is found.
A person who contravenes a regulation referred to in subsection (2) commits an offence.
Penalty:
a fine of $20 000; or
if the contravention is in relation to a declared pest that is a high impact organism, a fine of $100 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
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