---
title: "Checklist: sample conditions on a NSW wildlife rehabilitation licence"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law/wildlife-rehab-conditions"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a66-wildlife-rehab-conditions"
area_id: "A66"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A66-RO20261022-12", "A66-RO20261022-13", "A66-RO20261022-10"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Checklist: sample conditions on a NSW wildlife rehabilitation licence

> A checklist of the sample conditions printed on the New South Wales wildlife rehabilitation licence page, including the interstate-movement condition and the offence of breaching a condition.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law/wildlife-rehab-conditions  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Animal Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when checking whether possession of a sick, injured or orphaned protected animal for rehabilitation needs a New South Wales licence, or when listing the sample conditions against a licence already held. The licence itself prevails where it differs.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check whether rehabilitating a protected animal needs a rehabilitation licence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/animal-law.md#A66-RO20261022-12)
- [List the conditions on a wildlife rehabilitation licence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/animal-law.md#A66-RO20261022-13)
- [Check whether moving a native animal across a border needs a wildlife licence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/animal-law/check-whether-moving-a-native-animal-across-a-border-needs-a-wildlife-li.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may list the sample conditions from the wildlife rehabilitation page against the animals named on the licence; the lawyer checks the licence, because the page says conditions may differ.

**AI may:**

- Record whether the person is a registered veterinarian or holds a biodiversity conservation licence
- List the sample conditions that match the animals and the activities on the file
- Note the 30 September reporting date and the interstate-movement limits where a movement is proposed

**AI must not:**

- Must not treat the sample conditions as the conditions of this licence
- Must not say a person may rehabilitate an animal without a licence, other than a registered veterinarian as the page states
- Must not fill in the application form. It was not opened

**The lawyer checks:**

- The animal is a protected animal, and the purpose is rehabilitation of a sick, injured or orphaned animal
- The conditions on the issued licence are the ones that bind. Section 2.14 makes a breach an offence
- An interstate movement meets condition 13, including the other place's import or export requirements, which were not opened
- A reptile or possum catch-and-release uses the limits in conditions 16 and 17 only if the licence includes them

## Authorities

- [NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Obtaining a wildlife rehabilitation licence](https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/rehabilitating-native-animals/wildlife-rehabilitation-licences)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law/wildlife-rehab-conditions and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*