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Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976
67COffences relating to areas of essential habitat
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67C Offences relating to areas of essential habitat
(1) A person must not, either directly or indirectly, alter, damage or
destroy an area or part of an area of essential habitat unless the
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(2) A person must not take, interfere with or remove wildlife in or from
an area of essential habitat unless the person is authorised to do so
under this Act.
(3) A person must not, without being authorised to do so under this Act,
have in his or her possession or under his or her control, or use, in
a part of an area of essential habitat that is not a public or private
road:
(a) an article, thing, animal or plant specified in a declaration
under section 37(6) as an article, thing or wildlife that may not
be taken into an area of essential habitat without the written
authority of the Director; or
(b) any other article or thing that is:
(i) a kind of weapon that discharges a projectile; or
(ii) a kind of trap.
Maximum penalty: In the case of a natural person – 50 penalty
units or imprisonment for 6 months.