8Prohibition of certain animals

8 Prohibition of certain animals

(1)  A person who is the owner or keeper of any animal that is not native to any reserved land must not take that animal onto, or allow that animal to be on or remain on, that reserved land.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply if the animal –

(a) is in an area of reserved land that has been designated as an area where the animal is allowed; or

(b) is a guide dog, as defined in the Guide Dogs and Hearing Dogs Act 1967 ; or

(c) is a dog being used for flushing or retrieving game under a game authority; or

(d) is confined within a moving vehicle on a road that does not terminate on reserved land.

(3)  Subregulation (1) does not apply to –

(a) the keeping of stock on Crown land under a private right; or

(b) a restricted animal, within the meaning of section 32 of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 , that –

(i) is on the reserved land as part of a program referred to in subsection (6) of that section; and

(ii) in respect of which a permission has been granted under that section.