55BRequirements for commercial taxidermists

55B Requirements for commercial taxidermists

55B Requirements for commercial taxidermists

(1) A person who carries on business as a taxidermist must not preserve or prepare the skin of a game animal listed in Part 1 or 1A of Schedule 3 unless the taxidermist—

(a) is satisfied that the animal has been killed by the holder of a game hunting licence (or by a person with some other lawful authorisation to kill the animal), and

(b) records the following information—

(i) the name of the person who killed the game animal and the details of the person’s licence or other lawful authorisation,

(ii) the date on which the taxidermist received the carcass or other relevant part of the game animal.

(2) The taxidermist must make any such record available for inspection by an inspector at any reasonable time if requested to do so by the inspector.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

s 55B: Ins 2012 No 52, Sch 1 [26]. Am 2012 No 104, Sch 1 [11] [12].