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Wildlife Act 1975
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1A Purposes 2
Part I—Preliminary 3
3 Definitions 3
4 Transport Integration Act 2010 16
4A Filming Approval Act 2014 16
4B Restriction on application of Act 17
4C Traditional owner agreement for natural resources 17
7A Governor in Council may declare protected wildlife to be unprotected in an area of Victoria 19
Part II—State Wildlife Reserves and Nature Reserves 21
12 Secretary may accept gift of land etc. 21
13 Secretary may accept gift of personal property 21
14 Land manager has management and control of lands 22
14A Obligations of Secretary and Parks Victoria in relation to Yarra River land 23
14B Obligations of Secretary, Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority in relation to declared areas 24
14C Obligations of Secretary, Parks Victoria and the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority in relation to the Great Ocean Road region 25
15 State Wildlife Reserves 25
16 Land manager has management and control of State Wildlife Reserves 26
16A Land manager has management and control of Nature Reserves 28
17 Moneys received paid to Consolidated Fund 29
18 Land manager to prepare management plans for reserves 30
18A Management agreements with Traditional Owner Land Management Boards 32
18B Land to be managed consistently with joint management plan 34
19 Limitation of mining etc. on State Wildlife or Nature Reserves 34
20 Offence to take wildlife from State Wildlife Reserve 36
21 Removing sand etc. from State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve 36
21AAA Offence to construct, remove, alter, or carry out maintenance on, a levee within a State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve 37
21AA Offence to cut or take away fallen or felled trees 38
Part IIA—Tour operator licences 40
21A Offence to conduct organised tour or recreational activity on State Wildlife Reserve if unlicensed 40
21B Grant of tour operator licence 40
21C Application for tour operator licence 41
21D Requirement to pay annual licence fee after grant of tour operator licence 41
21E Tour operator licence conditions 42
21F Contravention of condition an offence 42
21G Variation of tour operator licence 42
21H Suspension of tour operator licence 43
21I Making submissions on suspension 43
21J Cancellation of tour operator licence 44
Part III—Licences 46
22 Wildlife licences 46
22A Game licences 48
23 Grant of wildlife licences may be refused in certain cases 52
25 Duration of licence 55
25A Mandatory cancellation of certain licences by Secretary 56
25AB Mandatory cancellation of certain licences by Game Management Authority 57