AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Rabbit Destruction Ordinance 1943

AMENDMENT OF THE RABBIT DESTRUCTION
ORDINANCE 1919-1938.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM.

No. 8 of 1943

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	Section 28 of the Rabbit Destruction Ordinance 1919-1938 relates to the duty of owners or occupiers of land to suppress and destroy rabbits and noxious animals in accordance with the requirements of the Minister as specified under Section 31 of the Ordinance.

	Section 31 relates to the payment of a bonus for scalps and the reference in Section 28 should be to Section 33 of the Ordinance, which provides for the notifying of owners and occupiers by the Minister of his requirements in regard to the destruction of rabbits and noxious animals.

	The amending Ordinance is designed to rectify the reference in Section 28.