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Game and Feral Animal Control Act 2002
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#### 5 Game animals for the purposes of this Act
5 Game animals for the purposes of this Act
> > (1) For the purposes of this Act, a game animal is any animal specified in Schedule 3 that is living in the wild.
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> > (2) The Minister may, by order published on the NSW legislation website, amend Schedule 3—
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> > > (a) by adding the name or description of any animal (other than an animal of a species that was native to Australia before European settlement), or
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> > > (b) by omitting or amending any such name or description.
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> > (3) Despite any other provision of this section, a game animal does not include any animal that is or is part of a threatened species, population or ecological community within the meaning of the [Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1995-101).
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> **s 5:** Subst 2012 No 52, Sch 1 \[6\].