Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Bill

This Act is the Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Bill . This Act comes into force on the day after Royal assent. This Act amends the Wildlife Act 1953. After section 53, insert: Without limiting , the Director-General may grant an authority under that section that authorises killing of wildlife that is incidental to carrying out an otherwise lawful activity. Killing of wildlife is if it is not directly intended but is unavoidable and foreseeable as a consequence of carrying out the lawful activity. In this section, means wildlife or game referred to in . To avoid doubt, the Director-General may grant an authority referred to in only if it is consistent with the protection of wildlife. The authority is to be treated as consistent with the protection of wildlife if, in granting it, the Di