47Acquiring etc. protected wildlife

47 Acquiring etc. protected wildlife (1) A person must not buy, sell, acquire, receive, dispose of, keep, possess, control, breed, process, display, take samples from or experiment on other protected wildlife. 1. 50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both the fine and imprisonment and an additional penalty of 5 penalty units for every head of wildlife in respect of which an offence has been committed. S. 47(2) substituted by No. 45/2008 s. 12(1). (a) who holds a licence or authorisation that authorises the buying, selling, acquiring, receiving, disposing of, keeping, possessing, controlling, breeding, processing, displaying, taking samples from or experimenting on other protected wildlife, when that person is acting in accordance with the licence or authorisation; or (b) who is a member of a class of person in respect of whom an authorisation order has been made that authorises the buying, selling, acquiring, receiving, disposing of, keeping, possessing, controlling, breeding, processing, displaying, taking samples from or experimenting on other protected wildlife, when that person is acting in accordance with the order. S. 47(3) amended by No. 45/2008 s. 12(2). (3) In this section ***other protected wildlife*** means protected wildlife which is not threatened wildlife. S. 47A (Heading) inserted by No. 45/2008 s. 13(1). S. 47A inserted by No. 87/1997 s. 14, amended by No. 45/2008 s. 13(2).