51Offences relating to listed taxa

### 51 Offences relating to listed taxa > [*\[Section 51 Substituted by No. 107 of 2001, s. 6, Applied:17 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-17/act-2001-107#GS6@EN) > > > (1)  Subject to [subsections (2)](#GS51@Gs2@EN) and [(3)](#GS51@Gs3@EN) , a person must not knowingly, without a permit – > > > > > > (a) take, keep, trade in or process any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna; or > > > > > > > (b) disturb any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna found on land subject to an interim protection order; or > > > > > > > (c) disturb any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna contrary to a land management agreement; or > > > > > > > (d) [*\[Section 51 Subsection (1) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-31/act-2002-064#JS1@Ja19@GC24@Hpa@EN) disturb any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna that is subject to a conservation covenant entered into under [Part 5 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2002-063#HP5@EN) [Nature Conservation Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2002-063) ; or > > > > > > > (e) abandon or release any specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna into the wild. > > > > Penalty:  [*\[Section 51 Subsection (1) amended by No. 10 of 2018, s. 4, Applied:10 Sep 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-09-10/act-2018-010#GS4@EN) Fine not exceeding 629 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, and a further fine not exceeding 126 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues after conviction. > > > (2)  A person may take, keep or process, without a permit, a specimen of a listed taxon of flora in a domestic garden. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 51 Subsection (3) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-31/act-2002-064#JS1@Ja19@GC24@Hpb@EN) A person acting in accordance with a certified forest practices plan or a public authority management agreement may take, without a permit, a specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna, unless the Secretary, by notice in writing, requires the person to obtain a permit. > > > (4)  [*\[Section 51 Subsection (4) amended by No. 34 of 2015, s. 19, Applied:01 Jan 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-01-01/act-2015-034#GS19@EN) [*\[Section 51 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 6 of 2007, s. 46, Applied:16 Jul 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-07-16/act-2007-006#GS46@EN) A person undertaking dam works in accordance with a Division 3 permit issued under the [Water Management Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-045) may take, without a permit, a specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna.