Hunting permission for land
39 Hunting permission for land
In this section —
authorised person, for land, means —
the occupier of the land; or
a person entitled to give permission on behalf of the occupier of the land for a person to engage in hunting on the land; or
a person prescribed by the regulations.
Note for this subsection:
The owner of land will be an authorised person if the owner is the occupier of the land.
An authorised person for land may give a person permission (hunting permission) in writing in the approved form to engage in hunting on the land.
A person who is an authorised person for land is taken to have hunting permission to engage in hunting on the land.
A hunting permission may be revoked at any time by notice in writing given to the permission holder by any authorised person for hunting permission on the land concerned.
The regulations may provide for the following in connection with hunting permissions —
the period for which a hunting permission remains in force (unless sooner revoked);
requiring a person who gives hunting permission for land to notify the Commissioner if the person ceases to be an authorised person for the land;
the lapsing of a hunting permission in the event that the person who gave the permission ceases to be an authorised person for the land;
the obligations of the licensee under a Hunting Licence in the event that a hunting permission for the licensee to engage in hunting on land expires, lapses or is revoked;
the renewal of a hunting permission.
A person must not charge a fee for giving hunting permission for land for the purposes of this section.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.
A person who falsely represents themselves to be an authorised person for land and purports to give permission under this section for a person to engage in hunting on the land commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of $12 000.
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