17Exemptions from requirement for game hunting licence

17 Exemptions from requirement for game hunting licence

17 Exemptions from requirement for game hunting licence

(1) A game hunting licence is not required under this Division in respect of the following—

(a) a person who is hunting an animal listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3 on private land,

(b) a person who is hunting on any land owned or occupied by the person or by a member of the person’s household (but not if the person is hunting native game birds),

(b1) a person who is hunting on any land owned or occupied by the person’s employer or by a corporation of which the person is an officer (but not if the person is hunting native game birds),

(c) an Aboriginal person—

(i) who is hunting a game animal pursuant to a native title right or interest that is the subject of an approved determination of native title or of a registered native title claim, or

(ii) who is a member, or in the company of a member, of a Local Aboriginal Land Council and who is undertaking traditional cultural hunting within the area of the Council,

(d) a person who is hunting a game animal in accordance with a requirement or function imposed or conferred on the person by an emergency order, control order or biosecurity zone regulation under the Biosecurity Act 2015,

(d1), (e) (Repealed)

(f) a person employed by any public or local authority (including a member of staff of Local Land Services) who is acting in the execution of his or her duties as such an employee,

(f1) a person who is harming native game birds on any land in accordance with a licence under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,

Note.

That Act provides for the issue of licences to harm native animals for purposes other than sustainable agricultural management purposes.

(g) a veterinary practitioner (within the meaning of the Veterinary Practice Act 2003) or other person who is acting for the purposes of killing or treating an animal in distress due to injury or illness,