19ABDogs must not injure or kill sensitive wildlife

19AB Dogs must not injure or kill sensitive wildlife

[Section 19AB Inserted by No. 53 of 2019, s. 8, Applied:18 Dec 2019]

(1)  If a dog injures, or kills, any sensitive wildlife that is in a sensitive area in relation to the wildlife, the owner of the dog is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 30 penalty units.

(2)  The Minister administering Part 4 of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 may, by order, specify –

(a) that –

(i) a species of wildlife that is specified in the order is sensitive wildlife; or

(ii) each species of wildlife, that is a member of a class of wildlife that is specified in the order, is sensitive wildlife; and

(b) that –

(i) an area of land specified in the order is a sensitive area in relation to the sensitive wildlife; or

(ii) each area of land, that is within a class of land that is specified in the order, is a sensitive area in relation to the sensitive wildlife.

(3)  The Minister administering Part 4 of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 may only specify a species of wildlife, or a class of wildlife, in an order under subsection (2) if the wildlife, or each member of the class of wildlife, is –

(a) partly protected wildlife, within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ; or

(b) wildlife that is prescribed under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 to be protected wildlife; or

(c) wildlife that is prescribed under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 to be specially protected wildlife.