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Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976
66Offences relating to protected wildlife
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66 Offences relating to protected wildlife
(1) A person must not take or interfere with protected wildlife unless the
(2) A person must not have in his or her possession or under his or her
control an animal that is protected wildlife unless the person is
authorised to do so under this Act.
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(3) A person must not bring protected wildlife into, release protected
wildlife in or take protected wildlife out of the Territory unless the
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution against subsection (1) if the
defendant proves that the contravention or failure to comply that
constitutes the offence occurred as a result of the defendant's
reasonable use and enjoyment of the land where the wildlife was
located and was not the result of negligence on the part of the
defendant.