4Open season for wild duck

4 Open season for wild duck

[Clause 4 Subclause (4) omitted by S.R. 2006, No. 158, Applied:01 Jan 2007] [Clause 4 Substituted by S.R. 2007, No. 9, Applied:07 Mar 2007] [Clause 4 Substituted by S.R. 2012, No. 22, Applied:09 May 2012]

(1)  In this clause –

wild duck means any bird of a species of the family Anatidae that is a form of partly protected wildlife.

(2)  The open season for wild duck in each year is the period –

(a) starting on the Saturday nearest 8 March of the year; and

(b) ending on the Sunday nearest 8 June of the year, except where that Sunday immediately precedes the second Monday in June, in which case the period ends on the second Monday in June.

(3)  [Clause 4 Subclause (3) inserted by S.R. 2022, No. 3, Applied:26 Feb 2022] During an open season referred to in subclause (2) , a person may only take up to 10 wild duck in a single day.