Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
sec.33Keeping and using dead marine mammals
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sec.33 Keeping and using dead marine mammals
This section applies if the chief executive gives an animal that is a dead marine mammal to— a Traditional Owner for the land or waters from which the animal was taken or on or in which the animal was found; or a person nominated to the chief executive by a person mentioned in paragraph (a) . A person given an animal under subsection (1) , may carry out any of the following activities for the personal, domestic or non-commercial communal needs of a community or group of Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islander peoples— keep the animal; use, other than move or process, the animal. In this section— representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body see the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) . Traditional Owner , for land or waters, means a person of Aboriginal descent or Torres Strait Islander descent who is recognised in the Aboriginal community or Torres Strait Islander community generally, or by a representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for an area that includes the land or waters— as having spiritual or cultural affiliations with the land or waters; or as holding native title in relation to the land or waters. s 33 amd 2024 SL No. 196 s 63 sch 1 (sec.33-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive gives an animal that is a dead marine mammal to— a Traditional Owner for the land or waters from which the animal was taken or on or in which the animal was found; or a person nominated to the chief executive by a person mentioned in paragraph (a) . (sec.33-ssec.2) A person given an animal under subsection (1) , may carry out any of the following activities for the personal, domestic or non-commercial communal needs of a community or group of Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islander peoples— keep the animal; use, other than move or process, the animal. (sec.33-ssec.3) In this section— representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body see the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) . Traditional Owner , for land or waters, means a person of Aboriginal descent or Torres Strait Islander descent who is recognised in the Aboriginal community or Torres Strait Islander community generally, or by a representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for an area that includes the land or waters— as having spiritual or cultural affiliations with the land or waters; or as holding native title in relation to the land or waters.
- (a) a Traditional Owner for the land or waters from which the animal was taken or on or in which the animal was found; or
- (b) a person nominated to the chief executive by a person mentioned in paragraph (a) .
- (a) keep the animal;
- (b) use, other than move or process, the animal.
- (a) as having spiritual or cultural affiliations with the land or waters; or
- (b) as holding native title in relation to the land or waters.