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Wildlife Act 1953

General provisions - Infringement offences

70T: Infringement offences relating to homing pigeons

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"Rules to protect homing pigeons and what happens if you break them"

If you have homing pigeons, you are protected by the law. You must not hurt or trap someone else's homing pigeons. You also must not touch or open cages that are carrying homing pigeons without a good reason. If you do not follow these rules, you will commit an infringement offence.

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Part 5General provisions
Infringement offences

70TInfringement offences relating to homing pigeons

  1. A person must not hunt, kill, disable, or otherwise injure, ensnare, or detain a homing pigeon belonging to any other person.

  2. A person must not, without lawful authority, disturb, open, or in any way tamper with any cage or other receptacle that is being used to carry homing pigeons.

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

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