Biodiversity Act 2025
Sch 4Protected animals—regulated acts or activities exclusions
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Schedule 4—Protected animals—regulated acts or activities exclusions 1—Protected animals—regulated acts or activities exclusions The following acts or activities are specified as not being regulated acts or activities for the purposes of section 64(2): (a) surrendering a protected animal, protected animal product or protected egg to the Minister or an entity prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; (b) taking a dingo— (i) if the person is complying with an obligation under the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 or the Dog Fence Act 1946; or (ii) if the dingo is causing, or is likely to cause, damage to stock; or (iii) if otherwise permitted under this Act; (c) keeping a dingo in accordance with the Landscape South Australia Act 2019; (d) destroying, damaging or disturbing protected habitat if— (i) the protected habitat is outside a protected habitat protection zone; and (ii) the person is— (A) the owner of the land where the protected habitat is located; or (B) authorised to destroy, damage or disturb (as the case requires) the protected habitat by the owner of the land where the habitat is located or by or under another Act or law; and (iii) the protected habitat is causing, or is likely to cause, damage to crops, stock, machinery or infrastructure (including tracks and built structures) or may constitute a safety risk or hazard to people; (e) destroying, damaging or disturbing protected habitat if— (i) that destruction, damage or disturbance constitutes a regulated act or activity under Part 4 that is authorised in accordance with section 48; or (ii) that destruction, damage or disturbance constitutes destroying, damaging or disturbing critical habitat features of critical habitat that is authorised in accordance with section 88; (f) an act or activity referred to in section 64(1) carried out or undertaken in respect of an animal that is the subject of a licence under the Aquaculture Act 2001; (g) an act or activity referred to in section 64(1) carried out or undertaken by a person (an assistant) assisting a person (the permit holder) who holds a permit granted by the Minister under Part 9 authorising the permit holder to carry out or undertake the act or activity if the act or activity carried out or undertaken by the assistant is carried out or undertaken in accordance with any condition of, or requirement, restriction or limitation applying in respect of, the permit held by the permit holder; (h) a prescribed act or activity carried out or undertaken in respect of a prescribed species of animal or in prescribed circumstances.