Wildlife Act 1976

Use of mechanically-propelled vehicles, vessels and aircraft in hunting prohibited.

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36.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act apart from this section F108[], a person shall not hunt or disturb for the purpose of hunting—

(a) any F109[wild animal] by means of a mechanically-propelled vehicle, vessel or aircraft, whether it is being so propelled or is stationary,

(b) any F110[wild bird] by means of such a vehicle, vessel or aircraft while it is being so propelled.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a mechanically-propelled vehicle, vessel or aircraft may be used to capture or kill, pursuant to and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Minister and for such educational, scientific or other purposes as are specified in the licence, F111[wild birds or wild animals] of a species so specified.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not make unlawful anything which section 3 (3) of the Whale Fisheries Act, 1937, permits to be done.

(4) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.

F112[(5) In this section, "mechanically-propelled" includes propulsion which is electrical or partly electrical and partly mechanical.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F108

Deleted (31.07.2001) by Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (38/2000), s. 44(a)(i), S.I. No. 371 of 2001.

F109

Substituted (31.07.2001) by Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (38/2000), s. 44(a)(ii), S.I. No. 371 of 2001.

F110

Substituted (31.07.2001) by Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, (38/2000), s. 44(a)(iii), S.I. No. 371 of 2001.

F111

Substituted (31.07.2001) by Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (38/2000), s. 44(b), S.I. No. 371 of 2001.

F112

Inserted (31.07.2001) by Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (38/2000), s. 44(c), S.I. No. 371 of 2001.