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Wildlife (Game) Amendment Regulations 2009
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1 Objectives 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 1
4 Principal Regulations 1
5 Approved methods for hunting Rusa Deer 2
6 Close seasons for Chital Deer and Rusa Deer removed from
Schedule 2 2
7 Open seasons Chital Deer and Rusa Deer included in Schedule 3 3
8 Schedule 4 substituted 4
SCHEDULE 4—Bag Limits for Game 4
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ENDNOTES 6
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STATUTORY RULES 2009
S.R. No. 10/2009
Wildlife Act 1975
Wildlife (Game) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 18 February 2009
Responsible Minister:
GAVIN JENNINGS
Minister for Environment and Climate Change
RYAN HEATH
Clerk of the Executive Council
1 Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are to amend
the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2001—
(a) to prescribe open seasons and bag limits for
Chital Deer and Rusa Deer; and
(b) to regulate methods of hunting of Rusa Deer.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 87 of
the Wildlife Act 1975.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
23 February 2009.
4 Principal Regulations
In these Regulations the Wildlife (Game)
Regulations 2001 1 are called the Principal
Regulations.
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5 Approved methods for hunting Rusa Deer
In regulation 28(1) of the Principal Regulations,
after "Red Deer" insert ", Rusa Deer".
6 Close seasons for Chital Deer and Rusa Deer
removed from Schedule 2
For Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Principal
Regulations substitute—
"PART 1—DEER
Hog Deer Axis porcinus From 30 minutes after
sunset on the last day in
April in each year to
30 minutes before
sunrise on the first day in
April in the next year
following.
Red Deer Cervus elaphus From 30 minutes after
sunset on the last day in
July in each year to
30 minutes before
sunrise on the first day in
June in the next year
following.
Sambar Deer Cervus unicolor When taken or hunted
with scent-trailing
hounds, from 30 minutes
after sunset on the last
day of November in each
year to 30 minutes before
sunrise on the second
Saturday after Easter
Sunday in the next year
following.".
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7 Open seasons Chital Deer and Rusa Deer included
in Schedule 3
For Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal
Regulations substitute—
"PART 1—DEER
Chital Deer Axis axis For the whole of each year.
Fallow Deer Dama dama For the whole of each year.
Hog Deer Axis porcinus From 30 minutes before
sunset on the first day in
April until 30 minutes after
sunset on the last day of
April in each year.
Red Deer Cervus elaphus From 30 minutes before
sunrise on the first day in
June until 30 minutes after
sunset on the last day in
July each year.
Rusa Deer Cervus timorensis For the whole of each year.
Sambar Deer Cervus unicolor When not taken or hunted
with scent-trailing hounds,
for the whole of the year.
When taken or hunted with
scent-trailing hounds, from
30 minutes before sunrise
on the second Saturday
after Easter Sunday until
30 minutes after sunset on
the last day of November
in each year. ".
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8 Schedule 4 substituted
For Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations
substitute—
"SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 25
BAG LIMITS FOR GAME
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Item
number
Common Name Scientific Name Bag Limit
1. Chital Deer Axis axis No limit.
2. Fallow Deer Dama dama No limit.
3. Hog Deer Axis porcinus A maximum of one
male and one
female during an
open season.
4. Sambar Deer Cervus unicolor No limit.
5. Red Deer Cervus elaphus No limit.
6. Rusa Deer Cervus
timorensis
No limit.
7. Stubble Quail Conturnix
pectoralis
A maximum of
twenty on any day
during an open
season.
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Item
number
Common Name Scientific Name Bag Limit
8. Pacific Black
Duck
Anas superciliosa
9. Australasian
(Blue Winged)
Shoveler
Anas rhjynchotis
10. Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
11. Grey Teal Anas
gibberifrons
12. Hardhead (White-
eyed Duck)
Aythya australis
13. Australian
Shelduck
(Mountain Duck)
Tadorna
tadornoides
14. Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus
membranaceus
15. Australian Wood
Duck (Maned
Duck)
Chenonetta
jubata
⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎬
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭
A maximum of
ten ducks, which
may include no
more than two
Australasian
(Blue Winged)
Shovelers, on
any day during
an open season.
16. Pheasants Phasianus spp.
17. Partridges Alectoris and
Perdix spp.
18. European and
Japanese Quail
Coturnix coturnix
19. Californian Quail Lophortyx
californicus
⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎬
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭
No limit.
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 90/2001. Reprint No. 1 as at 9 June 2005. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 147/2004. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 50/2008.
Endnotes
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