Wildlife Act 1953

General provisions - Infringement offences

70C: Hunting without licence during open season

You could also call this:

"Hunting on your own land during open season without a licence is allowed, but others need one."

If you want to hunt or kill game during an open season, you must have a licence to do so in that area for the type of game you are hunting. You can get a licence under the Wildlife Act 1953. However, if you live on the land where the game is, you can hunt or kill the game without a licence. The person living on the land is called the occupier, which includes their spouse, partner, or child. If someone says you are the occupier because of a special notice, you must show that notice if an authorised person asks you to. If you do not follow these rules, you will commit an infringement offence, as stated in section 61(3) and section 19.

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Part 5General provisions
Infringement offences

70CHunting without licence during open season

  1. A person must not hunt or kill game of any species during an open season in any area, unless the person holds a licence under this Act to hunt or kill game of the relevant species in the relevant area during the open season.

  2. However, the occupier of any land may, without a licence, hunt or kill any game on the land that may be hunted or killed under a licence.

  3. In subsection (2), occupier has the same meaning as in section 19, but includes a spouse, civil union partner, de facto partner, or child of the occupier.

  4. A person who is appointed as an occupier by a notice signed under section 19(4)(b) and endorsed under section 19(5) must produce the notice if an authorised person (as defined in section 61(3)) demands that the person do so.

  5. A person who fails to comply with this section commits an infringement offence.

Notes
  • Section 70C: inserted, on , by section 69 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).