{"id":"sr:wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024","name":"Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024","slug":"wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":183950,"registerId":"vic-sr:wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024","content":"Version No. 001\n\n**Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024**\n\n**S.R. No. 123/2024**\n\nVersion as at  \n30 October 2024\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\nPart 1—Preliminary 1\n\nDivision 1—General 1\n\n1 Objectives 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 1\n\n3 Commencement 1\n\n4 Definitions 2\n\nDivision 2—Application of Regulations 5\n\n5 Application of Regulations to parties to certain agreements etc. 5\n\n6 Persons to whom offences under these Regulations do not apply 5\n\n7 Exemptions for members of a traditional owner group 6\n\nPart 2—Common provisions for determinations and permits 10\n\nDivision 1—Determinations 10\n\n8 Determinations setting areas aside 10\n\n9 Offence not to comply with conditions of determinations setting areas aside 11\n\n10 Signs and notices 12\n\nDivision 2—Permits 13\n\n11 Issuing of permits 13\n\n12 Cancellation of permits 13\n\n13 Offence not to comply with a permit 14\n\nPart 3—Access to reserves 15\n\n14 Areas where access is prohibited or restricted 15\n\n15 Offence to enter prohibited or restricted access area 16\n\n16 Direction to leave reserve 16\n\n17 Failure to comply with direction to leave reserve 16\n\n18 Gates 16\n\nPart 4—Protection of animals 17\n\n19 Interfering with animals 17\n\n20 Feeding animals restricted 19\n\n21 Fishing 20\n\nPart 5—Restrictions on animals in reserves 21\n\nDivision 1—Restrictions on animals other than dogs or horses 21\n\n22 Animals other than dogs or horses prohibited except in specified circumstances 21\n\nDivision 2—Restrictions on dogs 21\n\n23 Dogs prohibited except in specified circumstances 21\n\n24 Gundogs 22\n\n25 Dog faeces 23\n\n26 Areas for dogs 24\n\nDivision 3—Restrictions on horses 24\n\n27 Horses prohibited except in specified circumstances 24\n\n28 Areas for horses 24\n\nDivision 4—Animals at large 25\n\n29 Person who has care and control of animal must keep animal under immediate control 25\n\nPart 6—Use of hunting equipment in reserves 26\n\n30 Possession, use and carriage of poisons 26\n\n31 Possession, use and carriage of traps 26\n\n32 Possession or carriage of firearms, bows or crossbows 27\n\n33 Use of firearms, bows or crossbows 29\n\nPart 7—Protection of natural features 31\n\n34 Protection of flora 31\n\n35 Areas for cutting and taking away fallen and felled trees as firewood 32\n\n36 Introducing or planting flora 32\n\n37 Damaging, defacing, removing or otherwise interfering with rocks 33\n\nPart 8—Recreation, safety and amenity 34\n\n38 Tower Hill State Game Reserve 34\n\n39 Noisy devices or equipment 34\n\n40 Engaging in sport or recreational activity 35\n\n41 Organised events 36\n\n42 Rallies, festivals and public meetings 36\n\n43 Demonstrations and training classes 37\n\n44 Commercial activities 37\n\n45 Advertising material 38\n\n46 Commercial filming 38\n\nPart 9—Camping and camp fires 39\n\n47 Areas where camping is prohibited 39\n\n48 Restrictions on camping 39\n\n49 Lighting, kindling or maintaining fires 40\n\n50 Use of soaps and detergents 41\n\n51 Hygiene 41\n\nPart 10—Vessels and aircraft 42\n\n52 Vessels 42\n\n53 Aircraft 42\n\nPart 11—Buildings, structures, blind or hides and tree stands 44\n\nDivision 1—Buildings and structures 44\n\n54 Offence to occupy buildings and other structures 44\n\n55 Offence to construct or erect buildings etc. or use a water pump 44\n\nDivision 2—Blind or hides and tree stands 46\n\n56 Areas where blind or hides or tree stands are prohibited 46\n\n57 Requirements for the use and construction of blind or hides or tree stands 46\n\n58 Requirement to dismantle blinds or hides or tree stands 47\n\n59 Offence to disobey a direction to dismantle blind or hide or tree stands 48\n\nSchedule 1—State Game Reserves where hunting Hog Deer is permitted 49\n\nSchedule 2—State Game Reserves where hunting Stubble Quail is permitted 50\n\nSchedule 3—State Game Reserves where hunting Sambar Deer is permitted 51\n\nSchedule 4—Specified pest animals 52\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes 53\n\n1 General information 53\n\n2 Table of Amendments 55\n\n3 Explanatory details 56\n\n**Version No.** **001**\n\n**Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024**\n\n**S.R. No. 123/2024**\n\nVersion as at  \n30 October 2024\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\nDivision 1—General\n\n\t1 Objectives\n\nThe objectives of these Regulations are to provide for—\n\n(a) the management of State Game Reserves; and\n\n(b) the preservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat within State Game Reserves; and\n\n(c) the hunting, taking or destroying of certain game species and specified pest animals within State Game Reserves; and\n\n(d) the safety, enjoyment and recreation of visitors to State Game Reserves.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 87 of the **Wildlife Act 1975**.\n\n\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 30 October 2024.\n\n\t4 Definitions\n\nIn these Regulations—\n\n***agreed activity***  has the same meaning as in section 79 of the  **Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010**;\n\n***animal*** means any animal except any human or fish, whether vertebrate or invertebrate, in any stage of biological development and whether alive or dead;\n\n***assistance animal*** has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth;\n\n***assistance dog*** has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the **Equal Opportunity Act 2010**;\n\n***blind or hide*** means a temporary artificial structure, shelter or cover (other than a tree stand) erected for the purpose of concealment to facilitate the hunting, watching or taking of wildlife;\n\n***camp*** means to do any of the following for accommodation purposes, whether occupied or not—\n\n(a) erect, occupy or use a tent, tarpaulin or any form of accommodation, shelter or temporary structure;\n\n(b) use a swag or sleeping bag;\n\n(c) leave in a reserve a vehicle, vessel or other moveable form of accommodation, whether or not it is in a condition that enables it to be moved;\n\n***fallen or felled trees*** has the same meaning as in section 21AA(4) of the Act;\n\n***firewood*** means dead plant material not attached to a standing plant, shrub or tree;\n\n***fish*** has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the **Fisheries Act 1995**;\n\n***flora*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988**;\n\n***game bird*** means any taxon of bird listed in Schedule 10 to the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024[[1]](#endnote-1);\n\n***game duck*** means any species of waterfowl specified in Part 2 of Schedule 10 to the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024;\n\n***gundog*** means any dog from a breed listed in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024;\n\n***levee maintenance permit*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Water Act 1989**;\n\n***litter*** has the same meaning as in section 112 of the **Environment Protection Act 2017**;\n\n***motorised wheelchair*** means a wheelchair propelled by a motor that is—\n\n(a) capable of a speed of not more than 10 kilometres per hour; and\n\n(b) designed solely for the conveyance of a person with mobility difficulties;\n\n***prohibited access area*** means an area set aside by the land manager under regulation 14(1)(a);\n\n***reserve*** means a State Wildlife Reserve that has been further classified as a State Game Reserve under section 15(2) of the Act;\n\n***restricted access area*** means an area set aside by the land manager under regulation 14(1)(b);\n\n***shotgun*** means a firearm used for the purpose of hunting, taking or destroying game ducks that has a gauge that is not greater than 12;\n\n***specified pest animal***  means any species of animal set out in Schedule 4;\n\n***take*** has the same meaning as in regulation 5 of the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024;\n\n***the Act*** means the **Wildlife Act 1975**;\n\n***traditional owner group agreement*** means an agreement under Part 6 of the **Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010**;\n\n***traditional owner group entity*** has the same meaning as in section 3 of the **Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010**;\n\n***tree*** or ***trees*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Forests Act 1958**;\n\n***tree stand*** means a portable platform used to hunt, watch or take wildlife;\n\n***vehicle*** means a conveyance that is designed to be propelled or drawn by any means, whether or not capable of being so propelled or drawn, and includes a bicycle or other pedal‑powered vehicle, trailer, tram car and air‑cushion vehicle but does not include any of the following—\n\n(a) a railway locomotive or railway rolling stock;\n\n(b) an aircraft;\n\n(c) a wheelchair or other non-motorised device designed solely for the conveyance of a person with mobility difficulties;\n\n(d) a motorised wheelchair;\n\n(e) a pram, stroller or other non-motorised device designed or used for the conveyance of children.\n\nDivision 2—Application of Regulations\n\n\t5 Application of Regulations to parties to certain agreements etc.\n\nA person acting under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of any agreement entered into under the Act, or a lease or licence granted over or in relation to a reserve under the Act, the **Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990** or the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**, is not subject to these Regulations to the extent that the activities authorised by that agreement, lease or licence are inconsistent with these Regulations.\n\n\t6 Persons to whom offences under these Regulations do not apply\n\nThese Regulations do not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) is acting as a servant of the Crown; or\n\n(b) is acting under and in accordance with a contract with—\n\n(i) the Crown; or\n\n(ii) a person who is a servant or an agent of the Crown; or\n\n(c) is acting under the direction of a person acting as a servant or an agent of the Crown; or\n\n(d) is acting with the permission of a person acting as a servant or agent of the Crown; or\n\n(e) is an authorised officer acting in the course of the authorised officer's duties.\n\n\t7 Exemptions for members of a traditional owner group\n\n(1) If a traditional owner group entity has entered into a traditional owner group agreement, regulation 19(1) does not apply to a person who is a member of that traditional owner group if the person—\n\n(a) is bound by the agreement; and\n\n(b) is acting under and in accordance with the agreement; and\n\n(c) is, on land to which the agreement applies, hunting, taking or in possession of—\n\n(i) game ducks during the open season for game ducks; or\n\n(ii) a specified pest animal during the open season for game ducks within the period of a day commencing 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; or\n\n(iii) Hog Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 1 during the open season for Hog Deer; or\n\n(iv) Stubble Quail in a reserve listed in Schedule 2 during the open season for Stubble Quail; or\n\n(v) Sambar Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 3 during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 November in each year.\n\n(2) If a traditional owner group entity has entered into a traditional owner group agreement, regulation 32(1) does not apply to a person who is a member of that traditional owner group if the person—\n\n(a) is bound by the agreement; and\n\n(b) is acting under and in accordance with the agreement; and\n\n(c) is, on land to which the agreement applies, in possession of, or is carrying—\n\n(i) a firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying game ducks during the open season for game ducks; or\n\n(ii) a shotgun for the purpose of taking or destroying a specified pest animal during the open season for game ducks within the period of a day commencing 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; or\n\n(iii) a firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Hog Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 1 during the open season for Hog Deer; or\n\n(iv) a firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying Stubble Quail in a reserve listed in Schedule 2 during the open season for Stubble Quail; or\n\n(v) a firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Sambar Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 3 during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 November in each year.\n\n(3) If a traditional owner group entity has entered into a traditional owner group agreement, regulation 33(1) does not apply to a person who is a member of that traditional owner group if the person—\n\n(a) is bound by the agreement; and\n\n(b) is acting under and in accordance with the agreement; and\n\n(c) is, on land to which the agreement applies, using—\n\n(i) a firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying game ducks during the open season for game ducks; or\n\n(ii) a shotgun for the purpose of taking or destroying a specified pest animal during the open season for game ducks within the period of a day commencing 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; or\n\n(iii) a firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Hog Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 1 during the open season for Hog Deer; or\n\n(iv) a firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying Stubble Quail in a reserve listed in Schedule 2 during the open season for Stubble Quail; or\n\n(v) a firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Sambar Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 3 during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 November in each year.\n\n(4) If a traditional owner group entity has entered into a traditional owner group agreement, regulations 34(1) and (2), 42(1) and 43(1) do not apply to a person who is a member of that traditional owner group if the person—\n\n(a) is bound by the agreement; and\n\n(b) is on land to which the agreement applies; and\n\n(c) is acting under and in accordance with the agreement.\n\nPart 2—Common provisions for determinations and permits\n\nDivision 1—Determinations\n\n\t8 Determinations setting areas aside\n\n(1) A set aside determination must be in writing and must specify the date on which it is made.\n\n(2) A set aside determination may specify—\n\n(a) that it applies to the whole or a specified area of a reserve; and\n\n(b) that it applies on specified days or times or for specified periods; and\n\n(c) that it applies to a person or class of person; and\n\n(d) any conditions subject to which the activity or conduct specified in the set aside determination must or must not be carried out; and\n\n(e) if a permit is required to undertake the activity or conduct that is permitted, restricted or prohibited.\n\n(3) If the land manager makes a set aside determination under these Regulations, the land manager must, as soon as practicable after making the determination—\n\n(a) ensure that a sign or notice of the determination is displayed in accordance with regulation 10; and\n\n(b) publish the determination on the land manager's Internet site.\n\n(4) In this regulation—\n\n***set aside determination*** means a determination made under the following—\n\n(a) regulation 14(1);\n\n(b) regulation 19(4);\n\n(c) regulation 21(1);\n\n(d) regulation 26;\n\n(e) regulation 28;\n\n(f) regulation 35;\n\n(g) regulation 36(4);\n\n(h) regulation 40(1);\n\n(i) regulation 47(1);\n\n(j) regulation 49(1);\n\n(k) regulation 52(1);\n\n(l) regulation 53(5);\n\n(m) regulation 56(1).\n\n\t9 Offence not to comply with conditions of determinations setting areas aside\n\nA person who enters into or engages in an activity or conduct in an area that is set aside under a determination made under regulation 19(4), 21(1), 26, 28, 35, 36(4), 40(1), 47(1), 49(1) or 53(5) must comply with any conditions specified in the determination.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n**Note**\n\nRegulations 15(1) and (2), 52(2) and 56(2) provide separate offences for failing to act in accordance with a determination made under regulation 14(1), 52(1) or 56(1).\n\n\t10 Signs and notices\n\n(1) If the land manager makes a determination under these Regulations and is required to display a sign or notice in relation to that determination, the land manager must ensure that the sign or notice—\n\n(a) is displayed in a place and manner that is likely to be seen by any person affected by the determination; and\n\n**Example**\n\nA sign may be placed at each entry to an area determined to be set aside.\n\n(b) identifies in words or symbols any activity that is prohibited, restricted or permitted in the area that is set aside under the determination; and\n\n(c) either—\n\n(i) specifies the conditions of the activities that are prohibited, restricted or permitted; or\n\n(ii) specifies by reference to the determination published under regulation 8(3)(b) the activity that is prohibited, restricted or permitted and any conditions that apply to carrying out that activity.\n\n(2) If the land manager revokes or amends a determination made under these Regulations, the land manager must as soon as practicable—\n\n(a) ensure that any sign or notice displayed in accordance with this Division is removed or amended to reflect the revocation or amendment to that determination; and\n\n(b) remove or amend the determination published on the land manager's Internet site under regulation 8(3)(b) to reflect the revocation or amendment to that determination.\n\nDivision 2—Permits\n\n\t11 Issuing of permits\n\n(1) If the land manager is authorised to issue a permit under these Regulations, the permit must specify—\n\n(a) the purpose of the permit; and\n\n(b) the date on which the permit commences; and—\n\n(i) the period for which the permit is valid; or\n\n(ii) the date on which the permit expires; and\n\n(c) any terms and conditions of the permit.\n\n(2) A permit issued under these Regulations must be in writing.\n\n\t12 Cancellation of permits\n\n(1) The land manager may cancel a permit issued under these Regulations at any time—\n\n(a) if the holder of the permit has—\n\n(i) contravened a term or condition of the permit; or\n\n(ii) contravened these Regulations; or\n\n(b) if the continuation of the permit is likely to be detrimental to, or interfere with, the management and protection of the natural environment, flora, wildlife, features or visitors in a reserve or the control or management of animals (other than wildlife) within a reserve.\n\n(2) Before cancelling a permit, the land manager by written notice given to the holder of the permit must—\n\n(a) notify the holder of the permit that the land manager proposes to cancel the permit; and\n\n(b) give the holder of the permit an opportunity to make either oral or written submissions to the land manager about the proposed cancellation.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)(b), the holder of the permit must make any submission within the period specified in the notice, which must not be less than 14 days after the day on which the notice is given.\n\n(4) In making a decision as to whether or not to cancel a permit, the land manager must have regard to any submission made under subregulation (2)(b).\n\n(5) If the land manager decides to cancel a permit under subregulation (1), the land manager must notify the holder of the permit within 7 days after the land manager's decision.\n\n(6) The cancellation of a permit under subregulation (1) takes effect when the holder of the permit is notified of the cancellation in accordance with subregulation (5).\n\n\t13 Offence not to comply with a permit\n\nThe holder of a permit issued under these Regulations must comply with any terms and conditions of the permit.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\nPart 3—Access to reserves\n\n\t14 Areas where access is prohibited or restricted\n\n(1) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve—\n\n(a) as an area to which access for a person or class of persons is prohibited without a permit; or\n\n(b) as an area to which access for a person or class of persons is restricted without a permit.\n\n(2) The land manager must not make a determination under subregulation (1) unless the land manager considers that the determination is necessary for any of the following purposes—\n\n(a) the protection or management of flora, wildlife and associated habitat in the reserve;\n\n(b) the control or management of animals (other than wildlife) and associated habitat in the reserve;\n\n(c) the protection of structures (including buildings), bridges, dams, weirs, facilities, amenities, tracks, trails and other assets in the reserve;\n\n(d) the planting of trees, shrubs, grass or other vegetation in the reserve;\n\n(e) the re-establishment of vegetation in the reserve;\n\n(f) the reclamation of land within the reserve;\n\n(g) public safety within the reserve.\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to access a prohibited access area or a restricted access area.\n\n\t15 Offence to enter prohibited or restricted access area\n\n(1) A person, other than a person to whom a permit has been issued under regulation 14(3), must not enter, or remain in, a prohibited access area.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person, other than a person to whom a permit has been issued under regulation 14(3), must not enter, or remain in, a restricted access area unless that person does so in accordance with the determination under which the area is set aside.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t16 Direction to leave reserve\n\nAn authorised officer may direct a person to leave a reserve or part of a reserve if the authorised officer reasonably believes that—\n\n(a) the person has contravened the Act or these Regulations; or\n\n(b) there is a risk to the person's safety.\n\n\t17 Failure to comply with direction to leave reserve\n\nA person to whom a direction is given under regulation 16 must comply with that direction.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t18 Gates\n\nA person must immediately close a gate in a reserve that the person has opened.\n\nPenalty: 5 penalty units.\n\nPart 4—Protection of animals\n\n\t19 Interfering with animals\n\n(1) A person must not disturb, harass, remove, hunt, capture, take, kill or injure or otherwise destroy or interfere with any animal in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person must not destroy, disturb or interfere with the nest, bower, display mound, lair or burrow of any animal in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who is in an area of a reserve that has not been set aside under subregulation (4) and the person—\n\n(a) is the holder of a game licence—\n\n(i) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and is hunting, taking or is in possession of game ducks during the open season for game ducks; or\n\n(ii) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and is hunting, taking or is in possession of a specified pest animal during the open season for game ducks if the person—\n\n(A) takes or destroys the specified test animal within the period of a day commencing 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; and\n\n(B) uses a shotgun to take or destroy the specified pest animal; or\n\n(iii) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of deer and is hunting, taking or is in possession of Hog Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 1 during the open season for Hog Deer; or\n\n(iv) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and is hunting, taking or is in possession of Stubble Quail in a reserve listed in Schedule 2 during the open season for Stubble Quail; or\n\n(v) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of deer and is hunting, taking or is in possession of Sambar Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 3 during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 November in each year; or\n\n(b) is the holder of a game licence that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and is using a gundog to retrieve a specified pest animal during the open season for game ducks if that person—\n\n(i) takes or destroys the specified pest animal within the period of a day commencing 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; and\n\n(ii) uses a shotgun to take or destroy the specified pest animal; and\n\n(iii) brings the gundog into or allows the gundog to remain on the reserve in accordance with regulation 24(1); or\n\n(c) is authorised to disturb, harass, remove, hunt, capture, take, kill, injure or otherwise destroy or interfere with an animal that is not wildlife in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (6).\n\n**Note**\n\nSee also regulation 7(1) in relation to exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.\n\n(4) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area in which hunting is prohibited.\n\n(5) The land manager must consult with the Game Management Authority before making a determination under subregulation (4).\n\n(6) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to disturb, harass, remove, hunt, capture, take, kill or injure or otherwise destroy or interfere with an animal that is not wildlife in a reserve.\n\n\t20 Feeding animals restricted\n\n(1) A person must not feed, offer food to or offer any object as food to an animal in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 15 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person must not permit or allow food to be taken from the possession of that person by an animal in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 15 penalty units.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) brings the animal into the reserve in accordance with Part 5; or\n\n(b) is authorised to feed the animal in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (4).\n\n(4) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to feed an animal in a reserve.\n\n\t21 Fishing\n\n(1) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area in which fishing is prohibited.\n\n(2) A person must not fish in an area of a reserve that is set aside under subregulation (1).\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\nPart 5—Restrictions on animals in reserves\n\nDivision 1—Restrictions on animals other than dogs or horses\n\n\t22 Animals other than dogs or horses prohibited except in specified circumstances\n\n(1) A person must not bring an animal into a reserve or allow an animal to remain in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) brings the animal into the reserve to be used as bait for fishing; or\n\n(b) confines the animal to a vehicle that is in transit; or\n\n(c) is authorised to bring the animal into, or allow the animal to remain in, the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to bring an animal into, or allow an animal to remain in, a reserve.\n\n(4) In this regulation—\n\n***animal*** does not include an assistance animal, a dog or a horse.\n\nDivision 2—Restrictions on dogs\n\n\t23 Dogs prohibited except in specified circumstances\n\n(1) A person must not bring a dog into a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if—\n\n(a) the dog is the person's assistance dog; or\n\n(b) the person brings the dog into an area of the reserve that is set aside under regulation 26; or\n\n(c) the person confines the dog to a vehicle that is in transit; or\n\n(d) the person is authorised to bring the dog into the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n**Note**\n\nSee also regulation 24.\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to bring a dog into an area of a reserve other than an area that is set aside under regulation 26.\n\n\t24 Gundogs\n\n(1) Regulations 23(1) and 29 do not apply to a person during the period commencing 48 hours before the first day of the open season for game ducks and ending 48 hours after the last day of the open season for game ducks if—\n\n(a) the person is the holder of a game licence that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds; and\n\n(b) the dog is a gundog; and\n\n(c) the person brings the gundog into or allows the gundog to remain in the reserve for the purpose of flushing or retrieving game ducks; and\n\n(d) the person ensures at all times that the gundog is—\n\n(i) under the person's effective control; and\n\n(ii) restrained from causing danger or unreasonable disturbance to any other person or wildlife.\n\n(2) Regulations 23(1) and 29 do not apply to a person during the period commencing 48 hours before the first day of the open season for Stubble Quail and ending 48 hours after the last day of the open season for Stubble Quail if—\n\n(a) the person is the holder of a game licence that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds; and\n\n(b) the dog is a gundog; and\n\n(c) the reserve is a reserve that is listed in Schedule 2; and\n\n(d) the person brings the gundog into or allows the gundog to remain in the reserve for the purpose of flushing or retrieving Stubble Quail; and\n\n(e) the person ensures at all times that the gundog is—\n\n(i) under the person's effective control; and\n\n(ii) restrained from causing danger or unreasonable disturbance to any other person or wildlife.\n\n\t25 Dog faeces\n\nA person who brings a dog into, or allows a dog to remain in, a reserve, must not leave any faeces deposited by that dog in the reserve unless the faeces—\n\n(a) are placed in a receptacle provided for that purpose; or\n\n(b) are buried.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t26 Areas for dogs\n\nThe land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area into which a person may bring a dog or a dog is allowed to remain.\n\nDivision 3—Restrictions on horses\n\n\t27 Horses prohibited except in specified circumstances\n\n(1) A person must not bring a horse into a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if—\n\n(a) the person brings the horse into an area of the reserve that is set aside under regulation 28; or\n\n(b) the horse is confined to a vehicle that is in transit; or\n\n(c) the person is authorised to bring the horse into the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to bring a horse into an area of a reserve other than an area that is set aside under regulation 28.\n\n\t28 Areas for horses\n\nThe land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area into which a person may bring a horse or a horse is allowed to remain.\n\nDivision 4—Animals at large\n\n\t29 Person who has care and control of animal must keep animal under immediate control\n\nA person who has care and control of an animal must ensure that the animal is under the immediate control of that person at all times while the animal is in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n**Note**\n\nSee also regulation 24.\n\nPart 6—Use of hunting equipment in reserves\n\n\t30 Possession, use and carriage of poisons\n\n(1) A person must not possess, carry or use a poison in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who is authorised to possess, carry or use the poison in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to possess or carry in a reserve a poison that the person is otherwise authorised to possess, carry or use and to use that poison in relation to an animal that is not wildlife.\n\n\t31 Possession, use and carriage of traps\n\n(1) A person must not possess, carry or use a trap in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who is authorised to possess, carry or use the trap in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to possess or carry in a reserve a trap that the person is otherwise authorised to possess, carry or use and to use that trap in relation to an animal that is not wildlife.\n\n(4) In this regulation—\n\n***trap*** means a trap, net, snare, pitfall or any other device used for, or capable of being used for, taking an animal but does not include any equipment designed for fishing.\n\n\t32 Possession or carriage of firearms, bows or crossbows\n\n(1) A person must not possess or carry a firearm, bow or crossbow in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) is in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 19(4) and is the holder of a game licence—\n\n(i) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and the person is in possession of, or is carrying, the firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying game ducks, during the period commencing 48 hours before the first day of the open season for game ducks and ending 48 hours after the last day of the open season for game ducks; or\n\n(ii) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and the person is hunting or taking a specified pest animal using a shotgun or is in possession of a specified pest animal during the open season for game ducks within the period of a day commencing 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; or\n\n(iii) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of deer and the person is in possession of, or is carrying, the firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Hog Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 1, during the period commencing 48 hours before the first day of the open season for Hog Deer and ending 48 hours after the last day of the open season for Hog Deer; or\n\n(iv) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and the person is in possession of, or is carrying, the firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying Stubble Quail in a reserve listed in Schedule 2, during the period commencing 48 hours before the first day of the open season for Stubble Quail and ending 48 hours after the last day of the open season for Stubble Quail; or\n\n(v) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of deer and the person is in possession of, or is carrying, the firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Sambar Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 3 during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 November in each year; or\n\n(b) is authorised to possess or carry the firearm, bow or crossbow in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n**Notes**\n\n1 See also regulation 7(2) in relation to exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.\n\n2 See also regulation 38(4).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to possess or carry a firearm, bow or crossbow in a reserve.\n\n\t33 Use of firearms, bows or crossbows\n\n(1) A person must not use a firearm, bow or crossbow in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) is in an area of the reserve that is not set aside under regulation 19(4) and is the holder of a game licence—\n\n(i) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and the person is using the firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying game ducks during the open season for game ducks; or\n\n(ii) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and the person takes or destroys a specified pest animal using a shotgun during the open season for game ducks within the period of a day commencing 30 minutes before sunrise and ending 30 minutes after sunset; or\n\n(iii) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of deer and the person is using the firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Hog Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 1 during the open season for Hog Deer; or\n\n(iv) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds and the person is using the firearm for the purpose of taking or destroying Stubble Quail in a reserve listed in Schedule 2 during the open season for Stubble Quail; or\n\n(v) that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of deer and the person is using the firearm, bow or crossbow for the purpose of taking or destroying Sambar Deer in a reserve listed in Schedule 3 during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 November in each year; or\n\n(b) is authorised to use the firearm, bow or crossbow in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n**Notes**\n\n1 See also regulation 7(3) in relation to exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.\n\n2 See also regulation 38(4).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to use a firearm, bow or crossbow in a reserve in relation to an animal that is not wildlife.\n\nPart 7—Protection of natural features\n\n\t34 Protection of flora\n\n(1) A person must not cut, fell, pick, remove, uproot or damage any flora in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person must not be in possession of any flora in a reserve that is taken from that reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) is authorised to cut, fell, pick, remove, uproot or damage flora in the reserve under and in accordance with a levee maintenance permit; or\n\n(b) cuts, fells, picks, removes, uproots or damages the floral species *Phragmites australis*, *Typha spp.* or *Leptospermum spp.* in the reserve for the purposes of erecting a blind or hide in accordance with regulation 57.\n\n**Note**\n\nSee also regulation 7(4) in relation to exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.\n\n(4) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person if the person is in possession of the floral species *Phragmites australis*, *Typha spp.* or *Leptospermum spp.* in the reserve that is taken from the reserve for the purposes of erecting a blind or hide in accordance with regulation 57.\n\n**Note**\n\nSee also regulation 7(4) in relation to exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.\n\n(5) In this regulation—\n\n***flora*** does not include fallen or felled trees.\n\n\t35 Areas for cutting and taking away fallen and felled trees as firewood\n\nFor the purposes of section 21AA(3)(b) of the Act, the land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve in which fallen or felled trees may be cut and taken away for use as firewood within the area.\n\n**Notes**\n\n1 Regulation 49 prohibits a person lighting, kindling or maintaining a fire in a reserve in certain circumstances.\n\n2 A person who takes away 2 cubic metres or less of fallen or felled trees from an area that is set aside under this regulation is liable to a penalty under section 21AA(1) of the Act.\n\n3 A person who takes away more than 2 cubic metres of fallen or felled trees from an area that is set aside under this regulation is liable to a penalty under section 21AA(2) of the Act.\n\n\t36 Introducing or planting flora\n\n(1) A person must not knowingly bring any flora into a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person must not plant any flora in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) is, in the reserve, in possession of flora that is a manufactured wooden object; or\n\n(b) brings firewood into an area of the reserve that is set aside under subregulation (4).\n\n(4) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area into which firewood may be brought.\n\n(5) In this regulation—\n\n***manufactured wooden object*** means a wooden vessel, a wooden fishing rod or a wooden walking stick.\n\n\t37 Damaging, defacing, removing or otherwise interfering with rocks\n\n(1) A person must not damage, deface, remove or otherwise interfere with a rock in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) collects or arranges rocks or stones in the reserve for the purpose of encircling a fire that is lit and maintained in accordance with regulation 49; or\n\n(b) is authorised to damage, deface, remove or otherwise interfere with the rock in the reserve under and in accordance with—\n\n(i) a permit issued under subregulation (3); or\n\n(ii) a levee maintenance permit.\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to damage, deface, remove or otherwise interfere with a rock in a reserve.\n\nPart 8—Recreation, safety and amenity\n\n\t38 Tower Hill State Game Reserve\n\n(1) A person must not discharge a firearm in the Tower Hill State Game Reserve on or within 100 metres of Wagon Bay.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person must not discharge a firearm in the Tower Hill State Game Reserve on or within 100 metres of Fairy Island.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(3) A person must not discharge a firearm in the Tower Hill State Game Reserve in or within 100 metres of any building located on the Tower Hill State Game Reserve.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(4) Despite regulations 32 and 33 or anything to the contrary in the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024, a person must not possess, carry or use a firearm in the Tower Hill State Game Reserve at any time after 9 a.m. and before 5 p.m. on any day during the open season for game ducks.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t39 Noisy devices or equipment\n\n(1) A person must not use or operate any device or equipment in a reserve that produces noise that disturbs another person or that disturbs or harasses wildlife.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) is using the device or equipment for necessary medical purposes; or\n\n(b) is operating a vehicle or vessel lawfully; or\n\n(c) is discharging a firearm or using a duck or game caller while engaged in lawful hunting; or\n\n(d) is authorised to use or operate the device or equipment in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to use or operate a device or equipment in a reserve.\n\n\t40 Engaging in sport or recreational activity\n\n(1) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area in which engaging in a sport or recreational activity is prohibited.\n\n(2) A person must not engage in a sport or recreational activity in an area of a reserve that is set aside under subregulation (1).\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to engage in the sport or recreational activity in the area of the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (4).\n\n(4) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to engage in a sport or recreational activity in an area of a reserve that is set aside under subregulation (1).\n\n\t41 Organised events\n\n(1) A person must not conduct an organised entertainment event, a sporting event or a recreational event in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to conduct the organised entertainment event, the sporting event or the recreational event in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to conduct an organised entertainment event, a sporting event or a recreational event in a reserve.\n\n\t42 Rallies, festivals and public meetings\n\n(1) A person must not conduct a rally, festival, show, tour, fete or public meeting in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to conduct the rally, festival, show, tour, fete or public meeting in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n**Note**\n\nSee also regulation 7(4) in relation to exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to conduct a rally, festival, show, tour, fete or public meeting in a reserve.\n\n\t43 Demonstrations and training classes\n\n(1) A person must not conduct a demonstration or training class in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to conduct the demonstration or training class in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n**Note**\n\nSee also regulation 7(4) in relation to exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to conduct a demonstration or training class in a reserve.\n\n\t44 Commercial activities\n\n(1) A person must not conduct a commercial activity or offer for sale or hire any article or service in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to conduct the commercial activity in the reserve or offer for sale or hire the article or service in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to—\n\n(a) conduct a commercial activity in a reserve; or\n\n(b) offer an article or service for sale or hire in a reserve.\n\n\t45 Advertising material\n\n(1) A person must not disseminate any advertising, commercial or promotional material in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to disseminate the advertising, commercial or promotional material in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to disseminate any advertising, commercial or promotional material in a reserve.\n\n(4) In this regulation—\n\n***advertising, commercial or promotional material*** includes pamphlets or handbills.\n\n\t46 Commercial filming\n\n(1) A person must not conduct commercial filming in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to conduct commercial filming in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person to conduct commercial filming in a reserve.\n\n(4) In this regulation—\n\n***commercial filming*** has the same meaning as in section 3 of the **Filming Approval Act 2014**.\n\nPart 9—Camping and camp fires\n\n\t47 Areas where camping is prohibited\n\n(1) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve in which camping is prohibited.\n\n(2) A person must not camp in an area of a reserve that is set aside under subregulation (1).\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t48 Restrictions on camping\n\n(1) A person who camps in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 47(1) must not camp within 20 metres of any river, stream, well, spring, creek, lake, lagoon, swamp, marsh, dam, bore or watercourse.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person who camps in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 47(1) must not camp in the area for more than 42 consecutive nights.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(3) A person who camps on a site within an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 47(1) must maintain the site free of litter.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(4) A person who camps on a site within an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 47(1), before vacating the site, must clear from the site all litter and personal equipment for which that person is responsible.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t49 Lighting, kindling or maintaining fires\n\n(1) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area in which lighting, kindling or maintaining a fire is prohibited.\n\n(2) A person must not light, kindle or maintain a fire in the open air in an area of a reserve that is set aside under subregulation (1).\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(3) A person who lights, kindles or maintains a fire in the open air in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under subregulation (1) must ensure that—\n\n(a) the ground and airspace within a distance of 3 metres from the outer perimeter and uppermost point of the fire are clear of inflammable material; and\n\n(b) if the fire is in a commercial appliance—\n\n(i) the fuel used in the appliance is of a type that the appliance has been designed and manufactured to use; and\n\n(ii) the fire is contained in the appliance; and\n\n(iii) when the fire is alight, the appliance is placed in a stable position.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n(4) A person who is in charge of a fire in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under subregulation (1) must extinguish that fire—\n\n(a) immediately at the request of an authorised officer; or\n\n(b) before leaving the fire.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n\t50 Use of soaps and detergents\n\nA person who uses any soap or detergent in a reserve must not dispose of that soap or detergent within 50 metres of any river, stream, well, spring, creek, lake, lagoon, swamp, marsh, dam, bore or watercourse.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t51 Hygiene\n\nA person must not leave behind or deposit faeces in a reserve unless—\n\n(a) if the person is in an area in which toilet facilities are provided and readily available, the person does so in those facilities; or\n\n(b) if the person is not in an area in which toilet facilities are provided and readily available, the person does so by burying those faeces at least 50 metres away from any river, stream, well, spring, creek, lake, lagoon, swamp, marsh, dam, bore or watercourse.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\nPart 10—Vessels and aircraft\n\n\t52 Vessels\n\n(1) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area in which any of the following activities is prohibited or restricted, either for all vessels or for a class of vessel that is specified in the determination—\n\n(a) the launching of vessels;\n\n(b) the landing of vessels;\n\n(c) the loading and unloading of vessels;\n\n(d) the mooring of vessels;\n\n(e) the anchoring of vessels;\n\n(f) the operating of vessels.\n\n(2) A person must not launch, land, load, unload, moor, anchor or operate a vessel in an area of a reserve to which a determination under subregulation (1) applies unless that person does so in accordance with that determination.\n\nPenalty: 20 penalty units.\n\n\t53 Aircraft\n\n(1) A person must not launch or land an aircraft in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the person is authorised to launch or land the aircraft—\n\n(a) in an area of the reserve that is set aside under subregulation (5)(a); or\n\n(b) in an area of the reserve that is not set aside under subregulation (5)(a) under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (6)(a).\n\n(3) A person must not deliver any thing into a reserve by use of an aircraft.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply to a person if the person is authorised to deliver the thing by use of an aircraft—\n\n(a) in an area of the reserve that is set aside under subregulation (5)(b); or\n\n(b) in an area of the reserve that is not set aside under subregulation (5)(b) under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (6)(b).\n\n(5) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area in which a person may—\n\n(a) launch or land an aircraft or a class of aircraft specified in the determination; or\n\n(b) deliver any thing by use of an aircraft or a class of aircraft specified in the determination.\n\n(6) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person—\n\n(a) to launch or land an aircraft in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under subregulation (5)(a); or\n\n(b) to deliver any thing by use of an aircraft in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under subregulation (5)(b).\n\nPart 11—Buildings, structures, blind or hides and tree stands\n\nDivision 1—Buildings and structures\n\n\t54 Offence to occupy buildings and other structures\n\n(1) A person must not occupy, use or enter a building or a structure (other than a blind or hide) that is not provided for use by the public.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person who occupies, uses or enters a building or a structure in a reserve that is provided for use by the public must not occupy, use or enter the building or structure for a purpose other than the purpose for which the building or structure is provided.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) is camping in the building or structure in accordance with Part 9; or\n\n(b) is authorised to occupy, use or enter the building or structure in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under regulation 41(3) or 42(3).\n\n\t55 Offence to construct or erect buildings etc. or use a water pump\n\n(1) A person must not construct or erect a sign, fence, building, bridge, fish-access facility, dam, weir, drain or any other structure (other than a blind or hide) in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person must not use a water pump in a reserve.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) is authorised to construct or erect the sign, fence, building, bridge, fish-access facility, dam, weir, drain or structure in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (5)(a); or\n\n(b) is constructing or erecting a structure in the reserve for the purpose of camping in accordance with Part 9; or\n\n(c) is authorised to construct or erect the sign, fence, building, bridge, fish-access facility, dam, weir, drain or structure in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under regulation 40(4), 41(3), 42(3), 43(3), 44(3), 45(3) or 46(3); or\n\n(d) is erecting the sign in the reserve in accordance with Division 2 of this Part; or\n\n(e) is erecting a tree stand in the reserve in accordance with Division 2 of this Part; or\n\n(f) is constructing a nest box in the reserve for the purpose of providing habitat for breeding birds.\n\n(4) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person if the person—\n\n(a) is authorised to use the water pump in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under subregulation (5)(b); or\n\n(b) is authorised to use the water pump in the reserve under and in accordance with a permit issued under regulation 40(4), 41(3), 42(3), 43(3), 44(3), 45(3) or 46(3).\n\n(5) The land manager may issue a permit to a person authorising the person—\n\n(a) to construct or erect a sign, fence, building, bridge, fish-access facility, dam, weir, drain or any other structure in a reserve; or\n\n(b) to use a water pump in a reserve.\n\n(6) In this regulation—\n\n***nest box*** means an artificial structure or box designed to harbour birds during the birds' nesting period.\n\nDivision 2—Blind or hides and tree stands\n\n\t56 Areas where blind or hides or tree stands are prohibited\n\n(1) The land manager may make a determination setting aside a specified area of a reserve as an area in which erecting a blind or hide or tree stand is prohibited.\n\n(2) A person must not erect a blind or hide or tree stand in an area of a reserve that is set aside under subregulation (1).\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t57 Requirements for the use and construction of blind or hides or tree stands\n\n(1) A person must not erect a blind or hide in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 56(1) unless the blind or hide is erected for the purpose of—\n\n(a) hunting game ducks, Sambar Deer or Hog Deer; or\n\n(b) observing wildlife.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(2) A person must not erect a tree stand in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 56(1) unless the tree stand is erected for the purpose of hunting, watching or taking wildlife.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(3) A person must not erect a blind or hide in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 56(1) if the height of the blind or hide exceeds 2 metres and the floor area of the blind or hide exceeds 6 square metres.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(4) A person must not fix a sign to a blind or hide erected in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 56(1) that extends above the height of the blind or hide.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n(5) A person must not remove, displace, deface or interfere with a blind or hide or tree stand erected in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 56(1) unless the person erected the blind or hide or tree stand or is assisting another person who erected the blind or hide or tree stand.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\n\t58 Requirement to dismantle blinds or hides or tree stands\n\n(1) An authorised officer may direct a person who has erected a blind or hide or tree stand in an area of a reserve that is not set aside under regulation 56(1) to dismantle the blind or hide or tree stand within a reasonable time specified by the authorised officer if the authorised officer reasonably believes the direction is necessary—\n\n(a) to protect the safety of any person in the reserve; or\n\n(b) for the care, protection or management of the reserve.\n\n(2) If a person to whom a direction is given under subregulation (1) does not dismantle the blind or hide or tree stand within the time specified by the authorised officer in the direction, the authorised officer may take any necessary steps to dismantle the blind or hide or tree stand.\n\n\t59 Offence to disobey a direction to dismantle blind or hide or tree stands\n\nA person to whom a direction is given under regulation 58(1) must comply with that direction.\n\nPenalty: 10 penalty units.\n\nSchedule 1—State Game Reserves where hunting Hog Deer is permitted\n\nRegulations 7, 19(3), 32(2) and 33(2)\n\n| *Title of Reserve* | *Parish where Reserve is situated* |\n| --- | --- |\n| Jack Smith Lake | Woodside, Darriman |\n| Lake Coleman | Dulungalong |\n| Clydebank Morass | Nuntin |\n| Dowd Morass | Glencoe |\n| Heart Morass | Sale |\n| Ewing Morass | Tildesley East, Waygara, Newmerella |\n\n\nSchedule 2—State Game Reserves where hunting Stubble Quail is permitted\n\nRegulations 7, 19(3), 24(2), 32(2) and 33(2)\n\n| *Title of Reserve* | *Parish where Reserve is situated* |\n| --- | --- |\n| Mansfield | Carag Carag |\n| Gaynor Swamp | Burramboot East |\n| Wallenjoe Swamp | Carag Carag |\n| Rowan Swamp | Karrabumet, Bungeet |\n| Jack Smith Lake | Woodside, Darriman |\n| Lake Coleman | Dulungalong |\n| Jones Bay | Broadlands |\n| Macleod Morass | Bairnsdale |\n| Clydebank Morass | Nuntin |\n| Dowd Morass | Glencoe |\n| Blond Bay | Goon Nure |\n| Lake Connewarre | Connewarre, Moolap, Bellarine |\n| Heart Morass | Sale |\n| Hateleys Lake | Arapiles |\n| Bow Lake | Jilpanger |\n| Darlot Swamp | Longerenong |\n\n\nSchedule 3—State Game Reserves where hunting Sambar Deer is permitted\n\nRegulations 7, 19(3), 32(2) and 33(2)\n\n| *Title of Reserve* | *Parish where Reserve is situated* |\n| --- | --- |\n| Ewing Morass | Tildesley East, Waygara, Newmerella |\n\n\nSchedule 4—Specified pest animals\n\nRegulations 7, 19(3), 32(2) and 33(2)\n\n| *Common name* | *Scientific name* |\n| --- | --- |\n| European hare | *Oryctolagus cuniculus* |\n| European rabbit (feral or wild population only) | *Lepus europaeus* |\n| Red fox | *Vulpes vulpes* |\n\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024, S.R. No. 123/2024 were made on 29 October 2024 by the Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy, with the advice of the Executive Council, under section 87 of the **Wildlife Act 1975**, No. 8699/1975 and came into operation on 30 October 2024: regulation 3.\n\nThe Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 29 October 2034 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThere are no amendments made to the Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 4 def. of ***game bird***: S.R. No. 81/2024.\n\n  ——\n\n  **Penalty Units**\n\n  These Regulations provide for penalties by reference to penalty units within the meaning of section 110 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**. The amount of the penalty is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**, by multiplying the number of penalty units applicable by the value of a penalty unit.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2024 is $197.59. The amount of the calculated penalty may be rounded to the nearest dollar.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**. The value of a penalty unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year. [↑](#endnote-ref-1)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content was provided to assess whether the scope of the regulations diverged from any original intent. The document extract contains only version history and structural metadata, with no explanatory memorandum, objects clause, or regulatory provisions visible."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely limited substantive content provided — only metadata, version history headers, and structural information were available for analysis","No actual regulatory provisions, definitions, offences, or penalties were included in the provided text","Delegated legislation (statutory rules) can involve cross-referencing to a parent Act, which adds interpretive layers, but this cannot be assessed from the provided text","The subject matter (game reserve rules) is generally straightforward in nature when compared to complex commercial or tax legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"The Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2024 set rules for use and management of Victoria’s State Game Reserves, covering hunting, fishing, permits, activity limits to protect wildlife and penalties for breaches. They primarily affect hunters, fishers, reserve managers and enforcement officers, and any members of the public using these lands. If you recreate or conduct wildlife activities in a State Game Reserve, these regulations define what you must — and must not — do."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a new instrument (Version No. 001, made October 2024) rather than an expansion of existing legislation. The scope aligns with the stated objectives in regulation 1: managing reserves for wildlife preservation, hunting, and recreation. The detailed hunting provisions and Traditional Owner exemptions appear to be core features of the original design rather than scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to other legislation: Wildlife Act 1975, Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024, Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010, Fisheries Act 1995, Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, and others","Multiple nested exemption structures: general prohibitions with exceptions for permit-holders, licence-holders, Traditional Owners, and Crown servants, each with their own conditions","Time-bound and location-specific permissions: hunting rights vary by species, reserve, season dates, and time of day (e.g., '30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset')","27 defined terms in the interpretation section, many incorporating definitions from other Acts by reference","Permit-based governance model requiring the land manager to make case-by-case determinations for numerous activities","Parallel regulatory structures: similar rules repeated across Parts for different activities (access, animals, equipment, camping) with slight variations","Schedule-dependent permissions: four separate schedules list specific reserves and species where hunting is permitted, creating a patchwork of applicable rules","Conditional logic in hunting equipment provisions requiring simultaneous satisfaction of licence type, species, location, season, and time restrictions"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the rules for how people can use Victoria's State Game Reserves—special protected areas where wildlife conservation and recreational hunting both occur.\n\n**What this does:**\nThe regulations balance four main goals: protecting wildlife and habitat, allowing regulated hunting of specific game species (ducks, deer, quail), controlling pest animals, and ensuring visitor safety and enjoyment.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Hunters**: People with game licences can hunt specific species during open seasons, but must follow strict rules about where, when, and what equipment they can use. For example, you can hunt Sambar Deer in Ewing Morass from May to November, or Hog Deer in specific reserves during their open season.\n- **Traditional Owners**: Members of traditional owner groups with formal agreements get exemptions from certain rules when hunting for cultural purposes on their agreement lands.\n- **General visitors**: Anyone visiting these reserves must follow rules about camping, fires, bringing animals (dogs and horses are mostly banned), using firearms, and protecting plants and wildlife.\n- **Land managers**: The Secretary to the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (or their delegate) can issue permits, set aside restricted areas, and make determinations about activities in specific zones.\n\n**Key restrictions:**\n- **Animals**: Dogs and horses are generally prohibited unless in designated areas or with permits. Gundogs (hunting dogs) are allowed during duck and quail seasons under strict conditions.\n- **Hunting equipment**: Firearms, bows, and crossbows are banned except for licensed hunters during specific seasons and in non-prohibited areas. Poisons and traps are completely banned without permits.\n- **Access**: The land manager can declare \"prohibited access areas\" (no entry without permit) or \"restricted access areas\" (entry only under specified conditions).\n- **Structures**: You can't build permanent structures, but temporary hunting blinds and tree stands are allowed under size limits and must be dismantled when directed.\n- **Activities**: Commercial activities, organised events, rallies, and filming all require permits. Camping is restricted near water and limited to 42 consecutive nights.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese reserves are unique because they're designed for both conservation and hunting. The regulations try to prevent conflicts between different users—hunters, birdwatchers, campers, and Traditional Owners—while protecting sensitive ecosystems. The rules are quite detailed because the same area might need different rules at different times (for example, allowing gundogs only during duck season, or banning firearms near buildings at Tower Hill Reserve)."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations implement the objectives stated in reg 1 by prescribing management, preservation and controlled hunting within State Game Reserves. They do not materially expand or narrow that stated scope; instead they refine application through exemptions for persons acting under agreements or Crown contracts (reg 5–6), defined exemptions for traditional owner group members (reg 7), and site‑ and time‑limited determinations and permit regimes (regs 8, 14, 11–13). Hunting permissions are constrained to listed reserves and species (Schedules 1–4)."},"complexity_factors":["Length and internal structure: many Parts, Divisions and Schedules creating multiple entry points for different activities and users (Table of Provisions).","Extensive cross‑references to other statutes and subordinate instruments (eg. Wildlife Act 1975 (reg 2), Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 and Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024 in definitions at reg 4).","Broad land manager discretion to make written determinations and to issue/cancel permits with procedural steps (regs 8–13, 14, 35, 52, 56).","Multiple, narrowly framed exemptions and time‑limited exceptions (notably traditional owner exemptions reg 7; gundog windows reg 24; season-linked firearm exceptions regs 32–33).","Numerous offence provisions with differing penalty levels tied to penalty units (eg. interfering with animals reg 19; feeding reg 20; vehicles/vessels regs 52–53) increasing compliance risk for users.","Spatial and species specificity via Schedules 1–4 which limit where and which species may be hunted, creating site‑specific compliance requirements.","Operational enforcement powers and administrative remedies (authorised officers' directions regs 16–17, dismantling orders regs 58–59) that introduce discretionary enforcement practices.","Detailed definitions and carve‑outs that alter ordinary meanings (eg. definition of 'animal', exclusions for assistance animals, 'vehicle' list) creating interpretive complexity (reg 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set rules for managing State Game Reserves: they preserve wildlife and habitat, control public access, and authorise the hunting or removal of specified game and pest species in listed reserves. They create offences and penalties, and give land managers power to set aside areas and issue or cancel permits.\n\nThey affect visitors, hunters, permit‑holders and commercial operators; traditional owner group members acting under agreements are exempt in limited circumstances (reg 7). Users bear compliance costs and risk fines; land managers have discretion over access and permits (regs 8, 14, 11–12)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024","history":"/api/acts/wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wildlife-state-game-reserves-regulations-2024/documents"}}