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National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019
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#### 11 Taking and keeping of animals
11 Taking and keeping of animals
> > (1) A person must not—
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> > > (a) take into or release an animal in a park or onto any public or other road traversing a park, or
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> > > (b) place or keep an animal in a park or on any public or other road traversing a park, or
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> > > (c) have charge, possession or control of an animal in a park or on any public or other road traversing a park, or
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> > > (d) fail to prevent an animal of which the person has charge, possession or control from entering a park or entering onto any public or other road traversing a park.
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> > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
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> > (2) A person does not commit an offence under this clause—
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> > > (a) if the animal is an assistance animal, or
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> > > (b) if a person takes an animal into a park or onto any public or other road traversing a park, in accordance with and subject to any conditions stated in a plan of management for a park, unless a notice erected in the park or given to the person prohibits the taking of animals into the park or any part of the park to which the plan relates, or
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> > > (c) for anything done or omitted to be done with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject.
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> > (3) This clause does not prevent a park authority for a regional park from prohibiting the matters referred to in subclause (1) by means of notices displayed in accordance with this Regulation.
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> > (4) In this clause—
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> > park does not include a regional park.