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Reserves Act 1977

Classification and management of reserves - General powers of Minister and of administering body

49: Taking of specimens

You could also call this:

"Removing plants or animals from a reserve for science or education, with permission"

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The Minister can let someone take plants, animals, rocks, minerals, or soil from a reserve for science or education. You need to be a qualified person with the right credentials to do this. The Minister will only let you take these things if it won't hurt the environment or the reserve.

The Minister can set conditions for taking these things. You can't take so many that it hurts the species or the environment. If you want to take animals, you must follow the rules in the Wildlife Act 1953.

You must not do anything that goes against the Wildlife Act or its rules when taking animals from a reserve.

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Part 3Classification and management of reserves
General powers of Minister and of administering body

49Taking of specimens

  1. The Minister may from time to time, by writing under his or her hand, and subject to such conditions as he or she may impose in that behalf, grant any qualified person who in the Minister's opinion has the necessary credentials a right to take specified specimens of flora or fauna or rock mineral or soil from a reserve for scientific or educational purposes, provided the taking of such specimens does not unduly deplete the number of any species, damage ecological associations, or damage the values of the reserve:

    provided that nothing in this section shall authorise the doing of anything with respect to fauna that would contravene anything in the Wildlife Act 1953 or in any regulations or Proclamation or notification under that Act.