sec.42Feral or pest animals

sec.42 Feral or pest animals

This section applies for an offence if the act that constitutes the offence is— an act done by a person to control a feral animal or pest animal, including, for example, by killing it; and the act does not involve the use of— a prohibited trap or spur; or a poison that includes the ingredients carbon disulfide and phosphorus. CSSP Pig Poison It is an offence exemption for the offence— if the act is done in a way that causes the animal as little pain as is reasonable; and the control complies with any conditions prescribed under a regulation. In this section— feral animal means an animal living in a wild state that is a member of a class of animals that usually live in a domestic state. buffalo, cats, dogs, donkeys, goats, horses and pigs pest animal means any of the following— a non-indigenous animal generally regarded as being a pest; black rats, brown rats and cane toads an animal that is prohibited matter or restricted matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; See the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedule 1 or schedule 2 . See also the note to the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedules 1 and 2 . an animal declared under a regulation made under this Act to be a pest; an animal required to be controlled under an Act; an animal the subject of a measure or program to control disease under the Biosecurity Act 2014 or another Act. s 42 amd 2014 No. 7 s 578 s ch 4 pt 2 ; 2022 No. 35 s 16 (sec.42-ssec.1) This section applies for an offence if the act that constitutes the offence is— an act done by a person to control a feral animal or pest animal, including, for example, by killing it; and the act does not involve the use of— a prohibited trap or spur; or a poison that includes the ingredients carbon disulfide and phosphorus. CSSP Pig Poison (sec.42-ssec.2) It is an offence exemption for the offence— if the act is done in a way that causes the animal as little pain as is reasonable; and the control complies with any conditions prescribed under a regulation. (sec.42-ssec.3) In this section— feral animal means an animal living in a wild state that is a member of a class of animals that usually live in a domestic state. buffalo, cats, dogs, donkeys, goats, horses and pigs pest animal means any of the following— a non-indigenous animal generally regarded as being a pest; black rats, brown rats and cane toads an animal that is prohibited matter or restricted matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 ; See the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedule 1 or schedule 2 . See also the note to the Biosecurity Act 2014 , schedules 1 and 2 . an animal declared under a regulation made under this Act to be a pest; an animal required to be controlled under an Act; an animal the subject of a measure or program to control disease under the Biosecurity Act 2014 or another Act.

• (a) an act done by a person to control a feral animal or pest animal, including, for example, by killing it; and