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Fauna (Protection and Control) Siwi-Utame Wildlife Management Area Rules 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Act 1966
This reprint of this Statutory Instrument incorporates all amendments, if any, made before25 November 2006 and in force at  1 July 2001.

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Legislative Counsel
Dated 25 November 2006

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Chapter 154L.

Fauna (Protection and Control) Siwi-Utame Wildlife Management Area Rules 1977

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Fauna (Protection and Control) Siwi-Utame Wildlife Management Area Rules 1977

MADE under the Fauna (Protection and Control) Act 1966.

Dated                   200 .

1. INTERPRETATION.

In these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears “the Area” means the Siwi–Utame Wildlife Management Area.

2. RESTRICTION ON TAKING OR KILLING OF FAUNA.

A person, other than a person who has customary rights to take or kill fauna in the Area, shall not take or kill fauna in the Area.

3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF WEAPONS.

Bows and arrows, shotguns, slings and metal traps shall not be used within the Area.

4. DOGS NOT ALLOWED IN AREA.

A person, being–

(a) the owner of a dog; or

(b) a person who has, for the time being, exclusive control of a dog,

shall not allow that dog within the Area.

5. PROHIBITION ON TAKING OF EGGS.

Eggs of any birds, including cassowaries, in the Area, are not to be disturbed or taken.

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