14Protection of animals

14 Protection of animals

14 Protection of animals

(1) A person must not in a park—

(a) carry, lay or set any trap, snare or poison, or drop from an aircraft or otherwise deposit any poison bait or poisonous chemical substance, or

(b) hunt, shoot, poison, net, spear, pursue, interfere with, injure, hurt, capture, destroy, trap or snare, or have in the person’s possession, an animal, or

(c) take any animal’s nest or egg, or interfere with any animal’s nest or egg or habitation or resting place or any beehive, or

(d) feed any animal.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(2) A person must not in a park or on any public or other road traversing a park—

(a) carry, possess or use a hunting collar (such as a spiked collar), a breast plate or tracking equipment for use on any dog, or

(b) have under the person’s control any dog on which a hunting collar (such as a spiked collar), a breast plate or tracking equipment is carried.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(3) A person does not commit an offence under this clause 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.

(4) A person does not commit an offence under this clause in relation to trapping if that trapping is authorised under or by the Fisheries Management Act 1994.

(5) In this clause, interfere with includes brand, chase, harass, herd, mark or tag.