Section 75
Savings and transitional
of Wildlife Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022
Any person who, on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, is carrying out or undertaking any activity that is subject to a licence, permit or special permit shall, within six months from the date of the coming into operation of this Act, apply for a licence, permit or special permit, as the case may be.
(2)
Pending the determination of an application under subsection (1), the person may continue to carry out or undertake the activity.
(3)
An application to enter a wildlife reserve or wildlife sanctuary made before the date of coming into operation of this
Act shall be dealt with under the principal Act as if the principal
Act had not been amended by this Act.
(4)
Any person who holds a licence to carry on the taxidermy business before the date of coming into operation of this Act, shall, on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, be deemed to be a licensed dealer and may continue to carry out the business until the expiry of the licence.
(5)
Any person who holds a special permit to carry out research on any totally protected wildlife before the date of coming into operation of this Act, shall, on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, be deemed to be a holder of a permit to carry out research or study on any wildlife under paragraph 10(1)(d)
of the principal Act as amended in this Act until the expiry of the special permit.
(6)
Any person who holds a special permit to use any totally protected wildlife for a zoo, wildlife exhibition or commercial captive breeding before the date of coming into operation of this
Act, shall, on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, be deemed to be a holder of a special permit to keep the totally protected wildlife under paragraph 11(a) of the principal Act until the expiry of the special permit.