Conservation, Forests and Lands (Wildlife (Game) Infringement Notices) Regulations 2026
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Conservation, Forests and Lands (Wildlife (Game) Infringement Notices) Regulations 2026
S.R. No. 13/2026
Version as at
25 February 2026
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 1
4 Revocation 1
5 Prescribed infringement offences 1
6 Prescribed infringement penalties 2
Schedule 1—Wildlife (Game) infringements 3
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Endnotes 7
1 General information 7
2 Table of Amendments 9
3 Explanatory details 10
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Conservation, Forests and Lands (Wildlife (Game) Infringement Notices) Regulations 2026
S.R. No. 13/2026
Version as at
25 February 2026
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe—
(a) the offences against a relevant law for which an infringement notice may be served; and
(b) penalties for those infringement offences.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 99 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 25 February 2026.
4 Revocation
The Conservation, Forests and Lands (Wildlife (Game) Infringement Notices) Regulations 2023[1] are revoked.
5 Prescribed infringement offences
For the purposes of section 91(1) of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, an offence specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 is prescribed as an infringement offence.
6 Prescribed infringement penalties
For the purposes of section 91(3) of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, the prescribed penalty for an infringement offence is the penalty set out in the corresponding entry of Column 3 of Schedule 1 in respect of that infringement offence.
Schedule 1—Wildlife (Game) infringements
Regulations 5 and 6
In this Schedule—
the Act means the Wildlife Act 1975;
the Regulations means the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024[2].
Column 1<br>Item
Column 2<br>Infringement offence
Column 3<br>Infringement penalty
1
An offence against section 22A(8) of the Act constituted by a contravention of regulation 21(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
2
An offence against section 22A(8) of the Act constituted by a contravention of regulation 21(2) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
3
An offence against section 22A(8) of the Act constituted by a contravention of regulation 25 of the Regulations
2 penalty units
4
An offence against section 44(3) of the Act
2 penalty units
5
An offence against section 58C(1) of the Act
6 penalty units
6
An offence against section 58D of the Act
6 penalty units
7
An offence against regulation 13 of the Regulations
0⋅5 penalty units
8
An offence against regulation 27 of the Regulations
0⋅5 penalty units
9
An offence against regulation 34(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
10
An offence against regulation 36 of the Regulations
2 penalty units
11
An offence against regulation 37(1) of the Regulations
1⋅5 penalty units
12
An offence against regulation 37(2) of the Regulations
1⋅5 penalty units
13
An offence against regulation 37(3) of the Regulations
1⋅5 penalty units
14
An offence against regulation 40(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
15
An offence against regulation 40(2) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
16
An offence against regulation 40(3) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
17
An offence against regulation 41(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
18
An offence against regulation 42(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
19
An offence against regulation 43(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
20
An offence against regulation 44(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
21
An offence against regulation 46(1) of the Regulations
1⋅5 penalty units
22
An offence against regulation 47(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
23
An offence against regulation 47(2) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
24
An offence against regulation 47(3) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
25
An offence against regulation 48(1) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
26
An offence against regulation 49(1) of the Regulations
2⋅5 penalty units
27
An offence against regulation 51(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
28
An offence against regulation 52(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
29
An offence against regulation 53(1) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
30
An offence against regulation 54(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
31
An offence against regulation 55(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
32
An offence against regulation 56 of the Regulations
2 penalty units
33
An offence against regulation 57 of the Regulations
2 penalty units
34
An offence against regulation 58 of the Regulations
2 penalty units
35
An offence against regulation 59(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
36
An offence against regulation 60(1) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
37
An offence against regulation 64(1) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
38
An offence against regulation 64(2) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
39
An offence against regulation 65(1) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
40
An offence against regulation 66(1) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
41
An offence against regulation 67 of the Regulations
1⋅5 penalty units
42
An offence against regulation 68(1) of the Regulations
1⋅5 penalty units
43
An offence against regulation 69(3) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
44
An offence against regulation 73 of the Regulations
1⋅5 penalty units
45
An offence against regulation 74 of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
46
An offence against regulation 75 of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
47
An offence against regulation 76(1) of the Regulations
1 penalty unit
48
An offence against regulation 79(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
49
An offence against regulation 80(1) of the Regulations
2 penalty units
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Conservation, Forests and Lands (Wildlife (Game) Infringement Notices) Regulations 2026, S.R. No. 13/2026 were made on 24 February 2026 by the Governor in Council under section 99 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987 and came into operation on 25 February 2026: regulation 3.
The Conservation, Forests and Lands (Wildlife (Game) Infringement Notices) Regulations 2026 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 24 February 2036 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes 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.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 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.
This 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.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All 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).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 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.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "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.
• Other material
Any 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).
2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Conservation, Forests and Lands (Wildlife (Game) Infringement Notices) Regulations 2026 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
Sch. 1 (def. of the Regulations): S.R. No. 81/2024.
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Penalty Units
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.
The value of a penalty unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2025 is $203.51. The amount of the calculated penalty may be rounded to the nearest dollar.
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. ↑