22AGame licences

22A Game licences

S. 22A(1) amended by No. 70/1990
s. 12(2), substituted by No. 87/1997
s. 9(1), amended by Nos 10/2005 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 27.2), 24/2014 s. 31(1).

(1) The Game Management Authority may license a person to hunt, take or destroy game.

S. 22A(2) amended by Nos 87/1997
s. 42(Sch. item 15(a)), 24/2014 s. 31(1).

(2) A person seeking a game licence must apply to the Game Management Authority in the prescribed manner for the game licence and must lodge the prescribed fee with the application.

S. 22A(3) amended by Nos 87/1997
s. 42(Sch. item 15(b)), 24/2014 s. 31(2).

(3) The Game Management Authority may, subject to any conditions, limitations and restrictions that are prescribed or as the Authority thinks fit to impose, license any person to hunt, take or destroy any game.

S. 22A(4) amended by No. 87/1997
item 15(c)).

(4) A game licence may be general in application or may be restricted as to the kinds or taxon of game which may be hunted, taken or destroyed or the area in which game may be hunted, taken or destroyed or the type of weapon which may be used to hunt, take or destroy game.

S. 22A(4A) inserted by No. 87/1997
s. 9(2), amended by No. 24/2014 s. 31(3).

(4A) Despite anything to the contrary in any other Act, if the Game Management Authority thinks fit, a game licence is subject to the condition that the holder of the licence must take part in a ballot, in accordance with the regulations, in order to determine the entitlements of the holder to take game specified under that licence.

S. 22A(4B) inserted by No. 87/1997
s. 9(2), amended by No. 24/2014 s. 31(3).

(4B) If the regulations vary the conditions, limitations or restrictions on game licences or a category of game licences, the variation has effect, in relation to a game licence in force at the time the regulation is made, upon the Game Management Authority giving notice of the variation to the holder of the licence.

S. 22A(5) amended by Nos 87/1997
item 15(d)(i)), 24/2014 s. 31(4).

(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Game Management Authority must grant any application for a game licence unless the Authority is satisfied that—

(a) the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold the licence; or

(b) the applicant is not qualified under the regulations to hold the licence; or

S. 22A(5)(c) amended by No. 87/1997
ss 9(3), 42(Sch.
item 15(d)(ii)).

(c) the issue of the licence would be deleterious to the conservation of any taxon or any kind of game; or