Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
sec.408Protected scorpions and spiders
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sec.408 Protected scorpions and spiders
This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, a person kept a protected animal, that is a scorpion or a spider under the repealed management regulation, section 54. The person may— continue to keep or use, other than sell or give away, the animal for the person’s private enjoyment; or release the animal into an area of the wild— from which the animal was taken; or that is a prescribed natural habitat for the animal. (sec.408-ssec.1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, a person kept a protected animal, that is a scorpion or a spider under the repealed management regulation, section 54. (sec.408-ssec.2) The person may— continue to keep or use, other than sell or give away, the animal for the person’s private enjoyment; or release the animal into an area of the wild— from which the animal was taken; or that is a prescribed natural habitat for the animal.
- (a) continue to keep or use, other than sell or give away, the animal for the person’s private enjoyment; or
- (b) release the animal into an area of the wild— (i) from which the animal was taken; or (ii) that is a prescribed natural habitat for the animal.
- (i) from which the animal was taken; or
- (ii) that is a prescribed natural habitat for the animal.
- (i) from which the animal was taken; or
- (ii) that is a prescribed natural habitat for the animal.