Wildlife Amendment (Restricted Wildlife) Regulations 1998

Wildlife Amendment (Restricted Wildlife) Regulations 1998

I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 .

13 July 1998

W. J. E. COX

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

PETER HODGMAN

Minister for Environment and Land Management

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Wildlife Amendment (Restricted Wildlife) Regulations 1998 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Wildlife Regulations 1971 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.   Regulation 2 amended (Interpretation)

Regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of "process of treatment" the following definition:

restricted wildlife means the forms of wildlife specified in Schedule 2C;

5.   Regulation 10A inserted

The following regulation is inserted after regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations:

10A.   Restricted wildlife

A person must not buy, sell or have possession of any form of restricted wildlife or any product of any form of restricted wildlife unless that person is authorised to do so by a permit.

6.   Regulation 28 amended (Offences)

Regulation 28 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after subregulation (5) the following subregulation:

(5A)  On being convicted of an offence of buying, selling or having possession of a creature that is a form of restricted wildlife, the offender is liable to a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

7.   Schedule 2C inserted

After Schedule 2B to the Principal Regulations, the following Schedule is inserted:

SCHEDULE 2C - Restricted wildlife

Regulations 2(1), 10A and 28

	AMPHIBIANS
1.	Anura
	(a) Toad, Marine (Cane)	Bufo marinus
2.	Caudata
	(a) Caudates	all kinds
	(b) Mexican axolotl	Ambystoma mexicanum
	(c) Warty (crested) newt	Triturus cristatus
	(d) Common newt	T. vulgaris
	(e) Fire-bellied newt	Cynops pyrrogaster

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

Notified in the Gazette on 22 July 1998

These regulations are administered in the Department of Environment and Land Management.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Wildlife Regulations 1971 in respect of the buying, selling and possession of restricted wildlife.