Biodiversity Conservation (Exemptions) Amendment Order 2019 (WA)

3878   GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019

CONSERVATION

C0301

Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

Biodiversity Conservation (Exemptions)

Amendment Order 2019

Made by the Minister under section 271(2) of the Act.

1.   Citation

This order is the Biodiversity Conservation (Exemptions)

Amendment Order 2019.

2.   Commencement

This order comes into operation as follows —

(a)	clauses 1 and 2— on the day on which this order is published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the order on the day after that day.

section 27(1); or

3. Order amended

This order amends the Biodiversity Conservation (Exemptions)

Order 2018.

4.            Clause 4 replaced

Delete clause 4 and insert:

4. Activities involving dingoes

(1) In this clause —

biosecurity requirement means —

(a) a pest exclusion notice under the Biosecurity

and Agriculture Management Act 2007

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(b) a requirement to take prescribed control measures under the Biosecurity and Agriculture

Management Act 2007 section 30(3); or

(c) a pest control notice under the Biosecurity and

Agriculture Management Act 2007

section 31(1);

dingo means an animal that belongs to the native

species Canis familiaris dingo (also referred to as

Canis lupus dingo).

(2)	A person who takes a dingo is exempt from section 149(1) of the Act in relation to that taking if the person takes the dingo in accordance with a biosecurity requirement.
(3)	A person who possesses a dingo is exempt from section 152(1) of the Act in relation to that possession.
(4)	A person who disturbs a dingo is exempt from section 153(1) of the Act in relation to that disturbance if the person disturbs the dingo in accordance with a biosecurity requirement.

S. DAWSON, Minister for Environment.