South Australian Current Regulations

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE (PROTECTED ANIMALS--MARINE MAMMALS) REGULATIONS 2010 - REG 5

5—Application of regulations

        (1)         These regulations only apply to, and in relation to, marine mammals that—

            (a)         are protected animals; and

            (b)         are in the wild.

        (2)         These regulations do not apply to a person to the extent that—

            (a)         the person is acting reasonably in the best interests of a marine mammal that—

                  (i)         is suffering from injury, disease or exhaustion; or

                  (ii)         is stranded; or

                  (iii)         is entangled or otherwise incapacitated by material of human origin; or

            (b)         the person is responding in a reasonable manner to an emergency involving danger to human life or damage to the environment; or

            (c)         the person is acting in accordance with the directions or instructions of a warden.