Wildlife Amendment (Deer Farming) Regulations 2005

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 June 2005

These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

(a) to regulate the operation of deer farms; and

(b) to provide for matters relating to the operation of deer farms, including –

(i) the approval of, and inspection of, deer farm fences; and

(ii) the records to be kept by deer farmers; and

(iii) the receipts to be given by deer farmers; and

(iv) the obligations on deer farmers to prevent the escape or release of farm deer into the wild; and

(v) the powers of wildlife officers to enter on land to recover or destroy escaped or released farm deer; and

(c) by omitting farm deer from the definition of partly protected wildlife.