Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
sec.176Restrictions on grant of permits to prevent or minimise threat to health or wellbeing
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sec.176 Restrictions on grant of permits to prevent or minimise threat to health or wellbeing
This section applies in relation to a flying-fox roost management permit for a flying-fox roost considered under section 174 (1) (b) . 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 to the person caused by flying-foxes that congregate at the roost; and action under the permit is unlikely to detrimentally affect the survival of flying-foxes in the wild; and the proposed way of taking action under the permit is humane. s 176 amd 2023 SL No. 77 s 12 (sec.176-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a flying-fox roost management permit for a flying-fox roost considered under section 174 (1) (b) . (sec.176-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 to the person caused by flying-foxes that congregate at the roost; and action under the permit is unlikely to detrimentally affect the survival of flying-foxes in the wild; and the proposed way of taking action under the permit is humane.
- (a) there is, or may be, a threat to a person’s health or wellbeing resulting from harm to the person caused by flying-foxes that congregate at the roost; and
- (b) action under the permit is unlikely to detrimentally affect the survival of flying-foxes in the wild; and
- (c) the proposed way of taking action under the permit is humane.