sec.85Property in newly protected animals

### sec.85 Property in newly protected animals In this section— commencing day means the day on which this division commences. declaration day for an animal means the day on which the animal becomes a newly protected animal. newly protected animal means a protected animal that, immediately before the commencing day, was not fauna under the Fauna Conservation Act 1974 . If a person is keeping a newly protected animal at the beginning of the declaration day, the animal and its progeny do not become the property of the State merely because of the animal becoming a protected animal. s 85 ins 1994 No. 42 s 16 (sec.85-ssec.1) In this section— commencing day means the day on which this division commences. declaration day for an animal means the day on which the animal becomes a newly protected animal. newly protected animal means a protected animal that, immediately before the commencing day, was not fauna under the Fauna Conservation Act 1974 . (sec.85-ssec.2) If a person is keeping a newly protected animal at the beginning of the declaration day, the animal and its progeny do not become the property of the State merely because of the animal becoming a protected animal.