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Wildlife Act 1975
52Release of birds and animals from captivity or confinement
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52 Release of birds and animals from captivity or confinement
No person shall without first obtaining the consent in writing of the Secretary wilfully abandon or release from captivity or confinement in circumstances which makes recovery impossible or uncertain any wildlife or any animal of a taxon proclaimed by the Governor in Council by proclamation published in the Government Gazette to be a taxon to which this section applies.
S. 53 amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.53), 70/1990 s. 12(1)(c), 87/1997
item 28).