Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
sec.35Taking, keeping and using protected or international animals
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sec.35 Taking, keeping and using protected or international animals
A State museum, or a relevant person for the museum, may carry out any of the following activities for a scientific or educational purpose, other than biodiscovery— take a protected animal if the taking of the animal is not likely to adversely affect the survival of the animal in the wild; buy, accept or receive a protected or international animal from a person authorised to sell or give away the animal under the Act ; keep a protected or international animal at the museum; otherwise use, other than display, a protected or international animal at the museum. See also the Biodiscovery Act 2004 for collection authorities for animals in or on State land under that Act .
- (a) take a protected animal if the taking of the animal is not likely to adversely affect the survival of the animal in the wild;
- (b) buy, accept or receive a protected or international animal from a person authorised to sell or give away the animal under the Act ;
- (c) keep a protected or international animal at the museum;
- (d) otherwise use, other than display, a protected or international animal at the museum.