Wildlife Act 1953

General provisions - Miscellaneous

71: Saving of other Acts

You could also call this:

"This law doesn't override other laws unless it says so, and you must follow the rules of other laws too."

This Act does not change other laws, unless it specifically says so. If you want to do something under another law, you need to check if this Act allows it. You must get permission from the Minister of Conservation and the Minister in charge of the other law before you can do something that affects protected wildlife or a wildlife sanctuary. You also need to follow the rules in section 39 of this Act, which says what powers rangers have to enter land. The other laws are listed in Schedule 9, which you can find by following the link to Schedule 9, and some of these laws have their own rules that you must follow.

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Part 5General provisions
Miscellaneous

71Saving of other Acts

Except where this Act otherwise provides, nothing in this Act shall derogate from any provision of any of the Acts specified in Schedule 9: provided that, except with the prior consent of the Minister of Conservation and the Minister charged with the administration of the Act under which the act or authority is performed or exercised, and subject to such conditions as those Ministers may jointly impose, no person shall be entitled to do any act or exercise any authority under any such Act in respect of any wildlife (other than unprotected wildlife) or in respect of any land forming part of a wildlife sanctuary: provided also that nothing in any such Act shall derogate from the provisions of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 39 (which relates to the powers of rangers to enter on any land).

Notes

Section 71: amended, on 6 December 1983, by section 2(2)(c) of the Wildlife Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 48).
Section 71 first proviso: amended, on 1 April 1987, by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).