4Flora and fauna

4 Flora and fauna

(1)  In this regulation –

hunting equipment means any weapon, implement, apparatus, or material, that –

(a) is capable of being used for the taking of any fauna; or

(b) is incapable of being so used because of –

(i) the absence of, or a defect in, a part; or

(ii) the presence of an obstruction.

(2)  Except as authorised by a permit, a person must not, in Wellington Park –

(a) take any growing or standing flora; or

(b) take or have possession of any fauna; or

(c) use or have possession of any hunting equipment; or

(d) lay or set any trap or snare; or

(e) deposit any fertiliser or pesticide or another chemical substance that may be poisonous to any flora or fauna; or

(f) interfere with the nest, breeding place or habitation of any fauna; or

(g) rouse or disturb any fauna.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not, in Wellington Park, use or have possession of any chainsaw, saw or axe unless that person is –

(a) authorised to do so by a permit; or

(b) an authorized officer; or

(c) acting in the course of his or her employment with the Trust or a body which is represented on the Trust; or

(d) a member of the following services, lawfully performing a duty imposed on him or her by an Act, or in the exercise of a public duty:

(i) the State Emergency Service continued under the Emergency Management Act 2006 ;

(ii) the Tasmania Fire Service established by the ; or