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Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
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This section applies in relation to a damage mitigation permit for a purpose mentioned in section 162 (1) (b) for an animal. The chief executive must not grant the permit unless the chief executive is satisfied— there is, or may be, a threat to a person’s health or wellbeing resulting from harm caused by the animal to the person; and action under the permit is unlikely to detrimentally affect the survival of the animal in the wild; and the proposed way of taking the animal is humane; and if the animal is a protected reptile— the reptile would be released into the wild; or a conservation plan applying to the reptile would authorise a person who holds the permit to keep the reptile. (sec.165-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a damage mitigation permit for a purpose mentioned in section 162 (1) (b) for an animal. (sec.165-ssec.2) The chief executive must not grant the permit unless the chief executive is satisfied— there is, or may be, a threat to a person’s health or wellbeing resulting from harm caused by the animal to the person; and action under the permit is unlikely to detrimentally affect the survival of the animal in the wild; and the proposed way of taking the animal is humane; and if the animal is a protected reptile— the reptile would be released into the wild; or a conservation plan applying to the reptile would authorise a person who holds the permit to keep the reptile.