NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
REGULATIONS 2001
As in force at 13 September 2025
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
1A Definitions ........................................................................................ 1
1B Expiry of application of By-laws to joint management parks
and reserves .................................................................................... 1
Part 2 Animals and plants
2 Prescribed classifications (section 28)............................................. 2
3 Protected wildlife (section 43(2)) ..................................................... 2
3A Prescribed statutory approvals ........................................................ 2
4 Animals that are not prohibited entrants (section 52) ...................... 2
4A Grant of permit in relation to joint management park or
reserve: matters to consider and take into account (section 56)...... 3
5 Authority to kill snakes (section 66(1)) ............................................. 3
6 Advance payments in respect of royalties (section 116(3)(a)) ......... 3
Part 3 Infringement notices
7 When infringement notice for infringement offence may be
served .............................................................................................. 4
8 Contents of infringement notice ....................................................... 4
9 Payment by cheque ......................................................................... 5
10 Withdrawal of infringement notice.................................................... 5
11 Application of Part ........................................................................... 5
Schedule 1 Animals that are not prohibited entrants
Schedule 2
Schedule 3 Infringement offences and prescribed
amounts
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 13 September 2025
TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
REGULATIONS 2001
Regulations under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation
Act 1976
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Territory Parks and Wildlife
Conservation Regulations 2001.
1A Definitions
In these Regulations:
infringement notice, see regulation 7.
infringement offence, means an offence against a provision of the
Act specified in Schedule 3, column 1.
prescribed amount, for an infringement offence, means the
amount equal to the monetary value of the number of penalty units
specified in Schedule 3, column 2 opposite the offence provision.
1B Expiry of application of By-laws to joint management parks
and reserves
For section 25APA(5)(b) of the Act, 1 July 2027 is prescribed.
Note for regulation 1B
Under section 25APA(5) of the Act, the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation
By-laws 1984 may cease to have effect on an earlier day specified in a by-law
made for a joint management park or reserve under section 25AQ of the Act.
Part 2 Animals and plants
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Part 2 Animals and plants
2 Prescribed classifications (section 28)
(1) The classifications for classifying the conservation status of wildlife
in the Territory are the categories known as the IUCN Red List
Categories as prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission
and approved by the IUCN Council from time to time.
(2) In subregulation (1):
IUCN means the International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources.
3 Protected wildlife (section 43(2))
All species of threatened wildlife, whether identified by classification
or species, are protected wildlife.
3A Prescribed statutory approvals
For section 45A of the Act, the following statutory approvals are
prescribed:
(a) an authorisation to use and develop land under section 21A or
25AKB of the Act;
(b) a development permit issued under the Planning Act 1999;
(c) a clearing permit granted under section 91H of the Pastoral
Land Act 1992;
(d) an environmental approval granted under Part 5 of the
Environment Protection Act 2019;
(e) an environmental (mining) licence granted under Part 5A,
Division 4, Subdivision 3 or Subdivision 7 or section 313 of the
Environment Protection Act 2019;
(f) an environment management plan approved under
regulation 11 of the Petroleum (Environment)
Regulations 2016.
4 Animals that are not prohibited entrants (section 52)
Animals of a species of animal specified in Schedule 1 are not
prohibited entrants.
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4A Grant of permit in relation to joint management park or
reserve: matters to consider and take into account (section 56)
For section 56(1)(h) of the Act, the Director must consider and take
into account the following in deciding whether to grant or refuse to
grant a permit in relation to a joint management park or reserve:
(a) the relevant agreements for the park or reserve;
(b) any joint management plan for the park or reserve;
(c) the objective of joint management mentioned in section 25AB
of the Act;
(d) the principles of joint management mentioned in
section 25AC of the Act;
(e) if there is no joint management plan for the park or reserve –
any agreement under section 25AK(3) of the Act.
5 Authority to kill snakes (section 66(1))
For the purposes of section 66(1) of the Act, a person is authorised
to kill or injure a snake that is protected wildlife if:
(a) the snake is within 100 metres of an occupied building; or
(b) the person honestly believes that it is necessary to kill or injure
the snake to avoid an immediate danger of death or injury to a
person or a domestic animal.
6 Advance payments in respect of royalties (section 116(3)(a))
For the purposes of section 116(3)(a) of the Act:
(a) the holder of a permit may, at the time the permit is granted or
at any other time before wildlife is taken under the permit, pay
the amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 for each unit
of quantity specified opposite in column 2 of Schedule 2 of the
wildlife specified opposite in column 1 of Schedule 2 to be
taken under the permit; and
(b) an amount paid under paragraph (a) is to be credited towards
royalties subsequently payable by the holder of the permit to
the Territory in respect of wildlife actually taken under the
permit.
Part 3 Infringement notices
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Part 3 Infringement notices
7 When infringement notice for infringement offence may be
served
If a conservation officer reasonably believes a person has
committed an infringement offence, the officer may serve a notice
(an infringement notice) on the person.
8 Contents of infringement notice
(1) The infringement notice must specify the following particulars:
(a) the name and address of the alleged offender, if known;
(b) the date of the infringement notice;
(c) the date, time and place of the infringement offence;
(d) a description of the infringement offence and the prescribed
amount payable for the offence;
(e) the enforcement agency, as defined in the Fines and Penalties
(Recovery) Act 2001, to whom the prescribed amount is
payable.
(2) An infringement notice must include a statement to the effect of the
following:
(a) the alleged offender may expiate the infringement offence and
avoid further action in relation to the offence by paying the
prescribed amount to the specified enforcement agency within
28 days after service of the notice;
(b) the alleged offender may elect under section 21 of the Fines
and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 to have the matter dealt
with by a court instead of under that Act by completing a
statement of election and serving it on the specified
enforcement agency;
(c) if the alleged offender does nothing in response to the notice,
enforcement action may be taken under the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 including (but not limited to)
action for the following:
(i) suspension of the alleged offender's licence to drive;
(ii) suspension of the alleged offender's vehicle registration;
(iii) seizure of personal property of the alleged offender;
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(iv) deduction of an amount from the alleged offender's
wages or salary;
(v) registration of a statutory charge on land owned by the
alleged offender;
(vi) making of a community work order for the alleged
offender which may result in imprisonment of the alleged
offender if the alleged offender breaches the order.
(3) Also, the infringement notice must include the statement of election
mentioned in subregulation (2)(b).
9 Payment by cheque
If the alleged offender tenders a cheque in payment of the
prescribed amount, the amount is not taken to have been paid
unless the cheque is cleared on first presentation.
10 Withdrawal of infringement notice
(1) The Director may withdraw the infringement notice by written notice
served on the alleged offender.
(2) The notice must be served within 28 days after service of the
infringement notice but before payment of the prescribed amount.
11 Application of Part
(1) This Part does not prejudice or affect the start or continuing of
proceedings for an infringement offence for which an infringement
notice has been served unless the offence is expiated.
(2) Also, this Part does not prevent more than one infringement notice
for the same infringement offence being served on an alleged
offender and, to expiate the offence, it is sufficient for the alleged
offender to pay the prescribed amount in accordance with any of
the notices.
(3) In addition, this Part does not:
(a) require an infringement notice to be served; or
(b) affect the liability of a person to be prosecuted in a court for an
infringement offence for which an infringement notice has not
been served.
Schedule 1 Animals that are not prohibited entrants
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Schedule 1 Animals that are not prohibited entrants
regulation 4
Mammals
Bos javanicus Bali Cattle
Bos taurus Cattle
Bos indicus Cattle
Bubalus bubalis Buffalo
Camelus dromedarius Camel
Canis familiaris Dog
Capra hircus Goat
Carvia porcellus Guinea Pig
Equus asinus Donkey
Equus caballus Horse
Felis catus Cat
Mus musculus Mouse (laboratory strain)
Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit (domestic varieties)
Ovis aries Sheep
Rattus rattus Rat (laboratory strain)
Sus scrofa Pig
Birds
Agapornis spp. Lovebirds
Alisterus scapularis King Parrot
Amadina fasciata Cut-throat Finch
Amandava subflava Orange-breasted Waxbill
Anas platyrhynchos Domestic Duck
Anser anser Domestic (Grey-lag) Goose
Anser cygnoides Goose
Cacatua tenuirostris Long-billed Corella
Cairina moschata Muscovy Duck
Carduelis carduelis European Goldfinch
Carduelis chloris Greenfinch
Schedule 1 Animals that are not prohibited entrants
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Regulations 2001 8
Tiaris canora Cuban Finch
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Uraeginthus spp. Cordon Bleu Finches
Schedule 2
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Regulations 2001 9
Schedule 2
regulation 6
Advance payments in respect of royalties
Column 1
Wildlife
(scientific name)
Column 2
Unit of quantity
Column 3
Amount per unit
(revenue units unless
otherwise stated)
Animals
Anseranas semipalmata per egg $0.45
Calyptorhynchus banksii per egg
per hatchling
nil
nil
Crocodylus johnstoni per egg
per hatchling
adult < 1.5 m
adult > 1.5 m
$1.15
$5.75
11
11
Crocodylus porosus per viable egg
per hatchling
adult < 2 m
adult > 2 m
$1.40
$8.60
28
40
Plant Seeds
Abrus precatorius per kg 11
Acacia acradenia per kg 13
Acacia argyraea per kg $8.00
Acacia aulacocarpa per kg 14
Acacia auriculiformis per kg 28
Acacia colei per kg $5.75
Acacia cowleana per kg $5.75
Acacia dictyophleba per kg $8.60
Acacia difficilis per kg 11
Acacia dimidiate per kg 11
Acacia dunnii per kg $5.75
Acacia gonocarpa per kg 17
Schedule 2
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Column 1
Wildlife
(scientific name)
Column 2
Unit of quantity
Column 3
Amount per unit
(revenue units unless
otherwise stated)
Acacia gonoclada per kg $8.60
Acacia hammondii per kg $8.60
Acacia hemignosta per kg 11
Acacia holosericea per kg $6.90
Acacia kempeana per kg $6.90
Acacia latescens per kg $5.75
Acacia lysiphloia per kg $8.60
Acacia melleodora per kg $8.60
Acacia monticola per kg $9.20
Acacia mountfordiae per kg 11
Acacia multisiliqua per kg 11
Acacia nuperrima per kg 43
Acacia oncinocarpa per kg 11
Acacia platycarpa per kg $6.90
Acacia plectocarpa per kg $9.20
Acacia retivenea per kg $9.20
Acacia shirleyi per kg 17
Acacia simsii per kg $8.60
Acacia torulosa per kg $8.60
Acacia tropica per kg 23
Acacia tumida per kg $5.75
Acacia umbellate per kg 11
Acacia victoriae per kg $5.75
Acacia wickhamii per kg 17
Adenanthera pavonia per kg $5.75
Albizia lebbeck per kg $5.75
Alphitonia excelsa per kg $5.75
Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa per kg 14
Astrebla sp. per kg $1.15
Atalaya hemiglauca per kg $5.75
Schedule 2
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Column 1
Wildlife
(scientific name)
Column 2
Unit of quantity
Column 3
Amount per unit
(revenue units unless
otherwise stated)
Atriplex nummularia per kg 11
Banksia dentate per 100 seeds $8.60
Bombax ceiba per kg 11
Brachychiton diversifolius per kg 12
Brachychiton megaphyllus per kg 17
Brachychiton paradoxus per kg 17
Buchanania obovata per kg 17
Callitris intratropica per kg 11
Canarium australianum per 100 seeds 11
Carpentaria acuminate per 100 seeds $1.40
Cassia artemisioides per kg $6.90
Cassia desolata per kg $6.90
Cassia glutinosa per kg $8.60
Cassia notabilis per kg $5.75
Cassia oligophylla per kg $6.90
Cassia sturtii per kg $8.60
Casuarina equisetifolia per kg $8.60
Clianthus formosus per kg 11
Cochlospermum fraseri per kg 11
Cycas angulata R.Br. per 100 seeds $2.30
Cycas armstrongii Miq. per 100 seeds $1.15
Cycas brunnea per 100 seeds 11
Cycas calcicola Maconochie per 100 seeds $5.75
Cycas canalis subsp. canalis per 100 seeds $2.30
Cycas canalis subsp. carinata per 100 seeds $2.30
Cycas conferta per 100 seeds $2.30
Cycas maconochieana per 100 seeds $2.30
Cycas pruinosa Maconochie per 100 seeds $2.30
Dodonaea platyptera per kg 11
Enchylaena tomentose per kg 11
Schedule 2
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Column 1
Wildlife
(scientific name)
Column 2
Unit of quantity
Column 3
Amount per unit
(revenue units unless
otherwise stated)
Erythrophleum chlorostachys per kg $9.20
Eucalyptus alba per kg 14
Eucalyptus apodophylla per kg 11
Eucalyptus argillacea per kg 11
Eucalyptus aspera per kg 11
Eucalyptus bigalerita per kg 11
Eucalyptus bleeseri per kg 17
Eucalyptus brevifolia per kg 11
Eucalyptus camaldulensis per kg 14
Eucalyptus chlorophylla per kg 11
Eucalyptus clavigera per kg 14
Eucalyptus confertiflora per kg 14
Eucalyptus dichromophloia per kg 14
Eucalyptus ferruginea per kg 14
Eucalyptus foelscheana per kg 15
Eucalyptus grandifolia per kg 14
Eucalyptus herbertiana per kg 11
Eucalyptus latifolia per kg 15
Eucalyptus leucophloia per kg 11
Eucalyptus microtheca per kg $8.60
Eucalyptus miniata per kg 17
Eucalyptus nesophila per kg 11
Eucalyptus normantonensis per kg 14
Eucalyptus pachyphylla per kg $10.35
Eucalyptus papuana per kg 14
Eucalyptus patellaris per kg 11
Eucalyptus phoenicea per kg 17
Eucalyptus polycarpa per kg 23
Eucalyptus pruinosa per kg 17
Eucalyptus ptychocarpa per kg 23
Schedule 2
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Column 1
Wildlife
(scientific name)
Column 2
Unit of quantity
Column 3
Amount per unit
(revenue units unless
otherwise stated)
Eucalyptus setosa (red) per kg 37
Eucalyptus tectifica per kg 14
Eucalyptus terminalis per kg 14
Eucalyptus tetrodonta per kg 11
Eucalyptus tintinnans per kg 11
Euodia elleryana per kg $5.75
Gossypium sturtianum per kg 23
Grevillea decurrens per kg 34
Grevillea dryandra per kg 43
Grevillea Formosa per kg 43
Grevillea goodie per kg 34
Grevillea mimosoides per kg 34
Grevillea parallela per kg 34
Grevillea pteridifolia per kg 34
Grevillea refracta per kg 43
Grevillea striata per kg 34
Grevillea wickhamii per kg 43
Gyrocarpus americanus per kg $5.75
Hakea arborescens per kg 34
Ipomea brasiliensis per kg 11
Leptospermum parviflorum per kg 11
Livistona benthamii per 100 seeds $2.85
Livistona humilis per 100 seeds $1.70
Livistona inermis per 100 seeds $3.45
Livistona rigida per 100 seeds $2.85
Macrozamia macdonnellii per 100 seeds 11
Melaleuca argentea per kg 14
Melaleuca bracteata per kg 11
Melaleuca dealbata per kg 11
Melaleuca leucadendra per kg 11
Schedule 2
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Column 1
Wildlife
(scientific name)
Column 2
Unit of quantity
Column 3
Amount per unit
(revenue units unless
otherwise stated)
Melaleuca minutifolia per kg 11
Melaleuca nervosa per kg 17
Melaleuca viridiflora per kg 11
Owenia vernicosa per 100 seeds $8.60
Pandanus spiralis per 100 seeds $8.60
Petalostigma pubescens per kg 14
Pongamia pinnata per kg 11
Ptilotus exaltatus per kg $8.60
Sesbania cannabina per kg $4.30
Syzygium armstrongii per 100 seeds $5.75
Syzygium eucalyptoides per 100 seeds $5.75
Syzygiunm minutiflorum per 100 seeds $5.75
Syzygium suborbiculare per 100 seeds $2.85
Terminalia arostrata per kg $4.60
Terminalia canescens per kg $8.60
Terminalia carpentariae per kg $5.75
Terminalia ferdinandiana per kg $5.75
Terminalia platyphylla per kg 11
Terminalia platyptera per kg $5.75
Terminalia seriocarpa per kg $5.75
Terminalia volucris per kg $8.60
Triodia wiseana per kg $3.45
Xanthostemon paradoxus per kg 28
Whole Plants
Acacia auriculiformis per tree $9.20
Bambusa arnhemica per stem $0.55
Erythropleum chlorostachys per tree 11
Eucalyptus bigalerita per tree $9.20
Eucalyptus confertiflora per tree $9.20
Schedule 2
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Column 1
Wildlife
(scientific name)
Column 2
Unit of quantity
Column 3
Amount per unit
(revenue units unless
otherwise stated)
Eucalyptus ferruginea per tree $9.20
Eucalyptus grandiflora per tree $9.20
Eucalyptus miniata per tree $9.20
Eucalyptus papuana per tree $9.20
Eucalyptus polycarpa per tree $9.20
Eucalyptus tetradonta per tree $9.20
Melaleuca leucadendra per tree $9.20
Didgeridoos
All species per stick $1.15
Leaves
Cycas armstrongii Miq. per 100 leaves $3.45
Cycas maconochieana per 100 leaves $3.45
Fruits
Terminalia ferdinandiana per kg $1.15
Firewood
Acacia aneura (mulga) per tonne $5.75
Acacia estrophiolata (ironwood) per tonne $5.75
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (redgum) per tonne $5.75
Boomerangs
Acacia aneura (mulga) per stick $1.15
Schedule 3 Infringement offences and prescribed amounts
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Schedule 3 Infringement offences and prescribed amounts
regulation 1A, definitions infringement
offence and prescribed amount
Column 1
Offence provision
Column 2
Prescribed amount
Section 21H(1) 5 penalty units
Section 21J(1) 5 penalty units
Section 25AKI(1) 5 penalty units
Section 25AKJ(1) 5 penalty units
Section 40(3) 2 penalty units
Section 46(2) 5 penalty units
Section 49(2) 10 penalty units
Section 67A 10 penalty units
Section 67B 10 penalty units
Section 67C(3) 2 penalty units
Section 67D 3 penalty units
Section 67E(1) 3 penalty units
Section 69 1 penalty unit
ENDNOTES
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Territory Wildlife Regulations (SL No. 1, 2001)
Notified 14 February 2001
Commenced 14 February 2001
Amendment of Territory Wildlife Regulations (SL No. 2, 2004)
Notified 4 February 2004
Commenced 4 February 2004
Territory Wildlife Amendment (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2007 (SL No. 1, 2007)
Notified 7 February 2007
Commenced 7 February 2007
Fees and Charges Amendment Regulations 2009 (SL No. 34, 2009)
Notified 14 December 2009
Commenced 1 January 2010 (r 2)
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (Act No. 34,
2010)
Assent date 18 November 2010
Commenced 6 December 2010 (Gaz S66, 6 December 2010)
Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2022 (Act No. 5,
2022)
Assent date 14 April 2022
Commenced pt 7: 25 May 2023 (Gaz G11, 25 May 2023, p 2);
rem: 25 May 2022 (Gaz G21, 25 May 2022, p 1)
Parks and Water Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (Act No. 13, 2024)
Assent date 11 June 2024
Commenced pt 3: 2 July 2024 (s 2(2)); rem: 12 June 2024 (s 2(1))
ENDNOTES
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Regulations 2001 18
Lands, Planning and Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 25, 2025)
Assent date 12 September 2025
Commenced pt 6: nc; rem: 13 September 2025 (s 2(1))
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 8.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
pt 1 hdg ins No. 1, 2007, r 3
r 1 amd No. 1, 2007, r 4
r 1A ins No. 1, 2007, r 5
amd Act No. 13, 2024, s 22
r 1B ins Act No. 13, 2024, s 23
pt 2 hdg ins No. 1, 2007, r 6
r 3 sub No. 2, 2004
r 3A ins Act No. 25, 2025, s 61
r 4A ins Act No. 13, 2024, s 24
pt 3 hdg ins No. 1, 2007, r 7
r 7 sub No. 1, 2007, r 7
rr 8 – 11 ins No. 1, 2007, r 7
sch 2 sub No. 34, 2009, r 11
sch 3 sub No. 1, 2007, r 8
amd Act No. 34, 2010, s 6; Act No. 5, 2022, s 131; Act No. 13, 2024, s 25