Division 4—Conditions 14 19 Condition of game licence that allows a person to hunt or take Sambar Deer with the use of hounds or to destroy Sambar Deer 14 20 Condition of game licence that allows a person to hunt, take or destroy non-indigenous game birds on a game bird farm 15 21 Condition of certain game licences that allow certain persons to hunt, take or destroy duck 15 22 Condition of certain game licences that allow certain persons to hunt or take Sambar Deer with the use of hounds or to destroy Sambar Deer 16 Division 5—Hounds 17 23 Hounds used for hunting or taking Sambar Deer must be registered with the Secretary 17 24 Registration of a hound 17 25 Power of Secretary to cancel registration of a hound 18 26 Power of Secretary to suspend registration of a hound 19 27 Making a submission on suspension of the registration of a hound 20 21 28 Close season 21 29 Open season 21 30 Bag limit 21 22 Division 1—Use of firearms 22 31 Twelve-gauge shotgun to be used when hunting game birds 22 32 Use of toxic shot 22 33 Possession of toxic shot 22 34 Approved methods for hunting deer (other than Hog Deer, Chital Deer or Fallow Deer) 23 35 Approved methods for hunting Hog Deer, Chital Deer or Fallow Deer 24 36 Possession of spotlight and firearm 25 Division 2—Use of dogs and hounds 27 37 Use of dogs when hunting game birds 27 38 Use of dogs for hunting deer 28 39 Hunting alone for deer (other than Hog Deer) with dogs that are not hounds 29 40 Hunting in a team for deer (other than Hog Deer) with dogs that are not hounds 29 41 Dogs must not attack, bite or maim wildlife 30 PART PART AND AND
(f) to make further provision for specified hunting areas. 2 Authorising provisions r. 2 These Regulations are made under sections 22A, 58C and 87 of the Wildlife Act 1975. 3 Commencement (1) These Regulations (other than Division 3 of Part 2 and regulations 20, 21 and 22) come into operation on 11 September 2012. (2) Division 3 of Part 2 and regulations 20, 21 and 22 come into operation on 1 July 2013. 4 Revocation The Regulations set out in Schedule 1 are revoked. 5 Definitions In these Regulations— adult hunter means a person who is 18 years of age or older and who is the holder of a game licence; bag limit in relation to a taxon of game, means the bag limit prescribed by these Regulations for that taxon of game; blank ammunition means ammunition that is not cartridge ammunition; cartridge ammunition has the same meaning as it has in the Firearms Act 1996; deer hunting dog means a dog from a breed listed in Part 3 of Schedule 5; established pest animal has the same meaning as it has in the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994;
possession in relation to shot, a magazine, ammunition, a firearm or a spotlight, includes any of the following— (a) physical possession of the shot, magazine, ammunition, firearm or spotlight; (b) custody or control of the shot, magazine, ammunition, firearm or spotlight; (c) access to the shot, magazine, ammunition, firearm or spotlight, either solely or in common with others; r. 5 prescribed permanent identification device has the same meaning as it has in the Domestic Animals Act 1994; recognised deer habitat means an area referred to in Schedule 6; registered hound means a hound that is registered by the Secretary under regulation 24(1); Sambar Deer Hunting with Hounds Test means the test that is conducted by the Secretary under regulation 16(1); secured in relation to a firearm, magazine, ammunition or shot, in a vehicle means— (a) in the case of a vehicle with a boot or storage area (that is not a glove box), being in a securely fastened case or container locked in the boot or storage area of the vehicle that is not readily accessible by an occupant of the vehicle; or
(b) in the case of a vehicle without a boot or other storage area (that is not a glove box), being in a securely fastened case or container stowed in a part of the vehicle not readily accessible by any occupant of the vehicle; r. 5 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; 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);
another State or Territory of the Commonwealth relating to game hunting, during the 10 years preceding the application; and (vi) the taxon or taxa of game for which the licence is required; and (b) to provide with the application— (i) evidence to verify his or her name and residential address; and (ii) the fee to be paid for the licence under regulation 7. Example Evidence of a person's name and residential address may be a copy of the person's driver's licence. 7 Game licence fees r. 7 (1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), the fees to be paid to the Secretary by an applicant for a game licence referred to in Column 1 of the Table of Game Licence Fees is the amount set out opposite that licence in Column 2 of that Table. Table of Game Licence Fees Column 1 Column 2 Licence Fee A game licence that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of game birds 4 fee units per year or part year A game licence that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of deer 4 fee units per year or part year A game licence that allows the hunting, taking or destroying of 6 fee units per year or part year
50/2008 Wildlife (Game) (Hunting of Fallow Deer) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 10/2009 Wildlife (Game) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 __________________ SCHEDULE 2 Sch. 2 Regulation 28 Common Name Scientific Name Close Season PART 1—DEER Hog Deer Axis porcinus From 30 minutes after sunset on 30 April in each year to 30 minutes before sunrise on 1 April in the next year following. Sambar Deer Cervus unicolor When hunted or taken with the use of hounds or destroyed, from 30 minutes after sunset on 30 November in each year to 30 minutes before sunrise on 1 April in the next following year. If Easter Sunday is in April, when hunted or taken with the use of hounds or destroyed, from 30 minutes after sunset on the Thursday before Easter Sunday until 30 minutes before sunrise on the Thursday after Easter Sunday. PART 2—INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS (QUAIL) Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis From 30 minutes after sunset on the last day in June to 30 minutes before sunrise on the first Saturday in April in the next year following.
Common Name Scientific Name Close Season PART 3—INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS (WATERFOWL) Pacific Black Duck Australasian (Blue-winged) Shoveler Chestnut Teal Grey Teal Hardhead (Whiteeyed) Duck Australian Shelduck (Mountain Duck) Pinkeared Duck Australian Wood Duck (Maned Duck) Anas superciliosa Anas rhynchotis Anas castanea Anas gracilis Aythya australis Tadorna tadornoides Malacorhynchus membranaceus Chenonetta jubata From 30 minutes after sunset on the second Monday in June in each year until midnight on the day before the third Saturday in March in the next year following. PART 4—INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS (OTHER) Latham's (Japanese or Jack) Snipe Gallinago hardwickii For the whole of each year. Sch. 2 _________________
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 15. Australian Wood Duck (Maned Duck) Chenonetta jubata 16. Pheasants Phasianus spp. No limit. 17. Partridges Alectoris and Perdix spp. 18. European Quail Coturnix coturnix
19. Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica 20. Californian Quail Lophortyx californicus Sch. 4 __________________ SCHEDULE 5 Sch. 5 Regulation 5 1—GUNDOGS Bracco Italiano Brittany Spaniel (Epagneul Breton) Chesapeake Bay Retriever Clumber Spaniel Cocker Spaniel Cocker Spaniel (American) Curly Coated Retriever English Setter English Springer Spaniel Field Spaniel Flat Coated Retriever German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer (Deutsch Drahthaar) Golden Retriever Gordon Setter Hungarian Vizsla
Wellington Campaspe Red Morass Wellington Gannawarra Two Campaspe Victoria Lagoon Wellington Buloke Sch. 8 ————————— 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 __________________ 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 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 GAME BIRDS (OTHER) Latham's (Japanese or Jack) Snipe Gallinago hardwickii NON-INDIGENOUS GAME BIRDS Pheasant Partridge Phasianus spp. Alectoris and Perdix spp.