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Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988
47BOffence to take other protected flora
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47B Offence to take other protected flora
(1) A person must not take, trade in, keep, move or process protected flora (other than a member of restricted use protected flora) unless an exception in subsection (2) applies.
(b) if the protected flora were taken from private land, the person—
(i) is the landowner or a person given permission by the landowner to take the protected flora; and
(ii) did not take the protected flora for the purposes of sale or has not sold or offered the protected flora for sale;
(c) the protected flora were propagated from protected flora which had been lawfully obtained and kept;
(d) the person is a public authority that is carrying out an activity referred to in subsection (1) in accordance with a public authority management agreement that provides for the carrying out of that activity.
S. 47C inserted by No. 28/2019 s. 22.