sec.27Public service employees and contractors dealing with dead protected animals

sec.27 Public service employees and contractors dealing with dead protected animals

This section applies to a person who is— a public service employee; or a contractor of a department. The person may take a dead protected animal from a public place if it is necessary or desirable to do so. to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act to ensure the free and safe movement of traffic on a road to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons The person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to an animal taken under subsection (2) — keep a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so; use, other than move, process or use for a commercial purpose, a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so; bury or incinerate the animal; move the animal to— the place in the State where the part will be kept or used under paragraph (a) or (b) ; or the place in the State where the animal is to be buried or incinerated under paragraph (c) ; or another place where the animal is not likely to pose a risk to public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons; otherwise deal with the animal in the way directed by the chief executive. to perform research to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons In this section— public place includes a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , whether or not it is open to, or used by, members of the public. s 27 amd 2021 SL No. 36 s 5 (sec.27-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who is— a public service employee; or a contractor of a department. (sec.27-ssec.2) The person may take a dead protected animal from a public place if it is necessary or desirable to do so. to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act to ensure the free and safe movement of traffic on a road to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons (sec.27-ssec.3) The person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to an animal taken under subsection (2) — keep a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so; use, other than move, process or use for a commercial purpose, a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so; bury or incinerate the animal; move the animal to— the place in the State where the part will be kept or used under paragraph (a) or (b) ; or the place in the State where the animal is to be buried or incinerated under paragraph (c) ; or another place where the animal is not likely to pose a risk to public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons; otherwise deal with the animal in the way directed by the chief executive. to perform research to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons (sec.27-ssec.4) In this section— public place includes a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , whether or not it is open to, or used by, members of the public.