A game estate is a place where animals are kept, like in the wild, so people can hunt or catch them for fun. You can find out what types of animals are allowed in a game estate by looking at the notice from the Director-General under section 167(1). The animals are kept in the game estate all or some of the time, and are the types specified by the Director-General.

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65A: Object of this Part, or

"Keeping animal food from game estates safe to eat"

65C: Use and disposal of animal material and product from game estate animals, or

"Rules for handling and using animal products from animals hunted on game estates"

Part 5AGame estates

65BWhat is a game estate

A game estate is a place within which animals are kept (whether all of the time or only some of the time), as if in the wild, for the purpose of providing opportunities for persons to hunt or catch them as recreational catch as if in the wild, being animals of a species, kind, or description specified for the purposes of this section by the Director-General by notice under section 167(1).

Notes

Section 65B: inserted, on 26 September 2002, by section 29 of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 29).
Section 65B heading: amended, on 2 March 2018, by section 112(1) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).
Section 65B: amended, on 2 March 2018, by section 112(2) of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).