Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 No 143
Current version for 1 January 2013 to date (accessed 21 May 2013 at 03:30)

178   Offences involving fences and pests and conveyance of pests

(1)  A person must not, without lawful excuse, carry, drive or pass a pest through, under or over a fence or gate on any land (whether controlled land or otherwise) that is designed to prevent such a pest from entering land.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not, without lawful excuse:
(a)  leave open a gate in a fence on any land (whether controlled land or otherwise) that is designed to prevent pests from entering land, or
(b)  destroy or damage any such fence or gate, or
(c)  interfere with any such fence or gate or the surface or subsurface under it in a manner likely to impair its effectiveness as a barrier to such pests.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not, without lawful excuse, convey a live pest from one place to another (whether by vehicle or otherwise).

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

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