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Wildlife Act 1953

General provisions

53C: Conditions that may be imposed on authority under section 53 to kill wildlife incidentally

You could also call this:

"Rules for accidentally killing wildlife when you have permission"

When you have permission to kill wildlife by accident under section 53, the Director-General can add conditions to this permission. The Director-General can impose conditions that help reduce the bad effects of the activity on wildlife or the species they belong to. This includes measures to offset the harm caused by killing individual wildlife.

The Director-General can also impose conditions to avoid, minimise, or mitigate the bad effects of the activity on individual wildlife. This section does not change how section 53(5) applies to you if you have this permission. You can find more information about this in section 53A and section 53(5).

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Part 5General provisions

53CConditions that may be imposed on authority under section 53 to kill wildlife incidentally

  1. The Director-General may impose, on an authority referred to in section 53A, any conditions providing for measures that the Director-General is satisfied are needed—

  2. to address potential adverse effects of the lawful activity on populations of wildlife or the viability of the species to which that wildlife belongs (including, for example, measures to offset adverse effects caused by killing individual wildlife belonging to that species); or
    1. to avoid, minimise, or mitigate any adverse effects of the lawful activity on individual wildlife.

      1. This section does not limit the application of section 53(5) to the authority.

      Notes
      • Section 53C: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 22).