spotlight means— (a) a source of artificial light; or (b) an infrared device; or (c) a night viewing device; or (d) a thermo-imaging device— but does not include— (e) a domestic source of light used for domestic purposes; or (f) an emergency source of light used for emergency purposes; or (g) a light fitted to a motor vehicle that complies with any requirement in the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009 relating to a light of that kind; r. 5 State Game Reserve means an area classified as a State Game Reserve under section 15 of the Act; take means to gain possession or control of wildlife by any means and also includes causing, permitting or assisting in taking wildlife; the Act means the Wildlife Act 1975; toxic shot means shot which is not of a class or type described in Schedule 7; Waterfowl Identification Test means the test that is conducted by the Secretary under regulation 14(1); waterway means— (a) a river, creek, stream or watercourse; or (b) a natural channel in which water regularly flows, whether or not the flow is continuous; or
Pacific Black Duck Australasian (Blue-winged) Shoveler Chestnut Teal Grey Teal Hardhead (White-eyed Duck) Anas superciliosa Anas rhynchotis Anas castanea Anas gracilis Aythya australis From the beginning of the third Saturday in March in each year until 30 minutes after sunset on the second Monday in June in each year. Common Name Scientific Name Open Season Australian Shelduck (Mountain Duck) Pink-eared Duck Australian Wood Duck (Maned Duck) Tadorna tadornoides Malacorhynchus membranaceus Chenonetta jubata PART 4—NON-INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS Pheasant Quail Japanese Quail Californian Quail Phasianus spp. Alectoris and Perdix spp. Coturnix coturnix Coturnix japonica Lophortyx californicus For the whole of each year. Sch. 3 __________________ SCHEDULE 4 Sch. 4
Regulation 30 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. Red Deer Cervus elaphus No limit. 5. Rusa Deer Cervus timorensis No limit. 6. Sambar Deer Cervus unicolor No limit. 7. Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis A maximum of twenty on any day during an open season. 8. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa A maximum of ten ducks, which may include no more than two Australasian Shovelers, on any day during an open season. 9. Australasian (Blue- winged) Shoveler Anas rhynchotis 10. Chestnut Teal Anas castanea 11. Grey Teal Anas gracilis 12. Hardhead (White-eyed Duck) Aythya australis 13. Australian Shelduck (Mountain Duck) Tadorna tadornoides 14. Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Little Buloke Little Gannawarra Garry Greater Shepparton Meridian Road Basins Mildura Wellington Campaspe Red Morass Wellington Gannawarra Two Campaspe Victoria Lagoon Wellington Buloke Sch. 8 ————————— Sch. 9 amended by S.R. No. 161/2012 reg. 12. SCHEDULE 9 Sch. 9 Regulation 71 PART 1—WARBURTON AND SURROUNDS PART 2—RUBICON SURROUNDS Sch. 9 PART 3—HALLS GAP SURROUNDS Sch. 9 4—WARBURTON TOWNSHIP Sch. 9
5—MOUNT TIMBERTOP AREA Sch. 9 __________________ Sch. 10 (Heading) amended by S.R. No. 161/2012 reg. 13(1). Sch. 10 amended by S.R. No. 161/2012 reg. 13(2)(3). SCHEDULE 10 Sch. 10 Regulation 72 1—EASTERN VICTORIA PART 2—MARYSVILLE AND SURROUNDS Sch. 10 PART 3—JAMIESON SURROUNDS Sch. 10 PART 4—MERRIJIG AND SURROUNDS Sch. 10 __________________ SCHEDULE 11 Sch. 11 Regulation 5
INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS (QUAIL) Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS (WATERFOWL) Pacific Black Duck Australasian Shoveler Chestnut Teal Grey Teal Hardhead Duck) Australian Shelduck (Mountain Duck) Pink-eared Duck Australian Wood Duck (Maned Duck) Anas superciliosa Anas rhynchotis Anas castanea Anas gracilis Aythya australis Tadorna tadornoides Malacorhynchus membranaceus Chenonetta jubata INDIGENOUS BIRDS (OTHER) Latham's (Japanese or Jack) Snipe Gallinago hardwickii NON-INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS Pheasant Partridge Phasianus spp. Alectoris and Perdix
European Quail Japanese Quail Californian Quail spp. Coturnix coturnix Coturnix japonica Lophortyx californicus Sch. 11 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES Endnotes General Information The Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2012, S.R. No. 99/2012 were made on 11 September 2012 by the Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's Deputy with the advice of the Executive Council under sections 22A, 58C and 87 of the Wildlife Act 1975, No. 8699/1975 and came into operation as follows: All of Regulations (except Division 3 of Part 2 and regulations 20–22) on 11 September 2012: regulation 3(1); Division 3 of Part 2 and regulations 20–22 on 1 July 2013: regulation 3(2). The Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2012 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 11 September 2022 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994). Table of Amendments This Version incorporates amendments made to the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2012 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts. Endnotes ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Wildlife (Game) Amendment Regulations 2012, S.R. No. 161/2012 Date of Making: 19.12.12 Date of Commencement: 19.12.12 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Explanatory Details Endnotes