Nature Conservation (Macropod Harvest Period 2017) Notice 2016

1Short title

This notice may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Macropod Harvest Period 2017) Notice 2016 .

2Commencement

This notice commences on 1 January 2017.

3Definitions

The dictionary in schedule 3 defines particular words used in this notice.

4Harvest period

(1)The harvest period for a harvest macropod starts, for each harvest zone, on 1 January 2017 and ends at the end of—

(a)if the chief executive has published a notice under subsection (2) stating the chief executive is satisfied—

(i)the relevant maximum amount for the macropod for the zone will have been taken in 2017 by a day stated in the notice—the stated day; or

(ii)an event has reduced or is likely to reduce the population size for the macropod for the zone—the stated day; or

Examples of an event—

•a flood

•a disease outbreak

(b)otherwise—31 December 2017.

(2)For subsection (1)(a), the notice must be published—

(a)in a newspaper circulating generally in the State; and

(b)on or before the day the harvest period ends.

(3)If the chief executive publishes or intends to publish a notice mentioned in subsection (1)(a) for a harvest macropod for a harvest zone, the chief executive must also give each holder of a macropod harvesting licence for the macropod a written notice stating—

(a)the chief executive is satisfied about a matter mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii) for the macropod; and

(b)the harvest period for the macropod for the zone ends at the end of the stated day.

(4)The chief executive must give the notice under subsection (3) at least 7 days before the day the harvest period ends.

(5)A copy of a notice mentioned in subsection (1)(a) may also be inspected on the department’s website.

(6)In this section—

estimated population size, for a harvest macropod in a harvest zone, means the population size estimated by the chief executive in 2016 for the macropod for the harvest zone for 2017.

relevant maximum amount means—

(a)for an eastern grey kangaroo—

(i)for the central harvest zone—15% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo in the zone; or

(ii)for the eastern harvest zone—10% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo in the zone; or

(b)for a red kangaroo—

(i)for the central harvest zone—20% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo in the zone; or

(ii)for the eastern harvest zone—10% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo in the zone; or

(iii)for the western harvest zone—10% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo in the zone; or

(c)for a common wallaroo—

(i)for the central harvest zone—15% of the estimated population size for the wallaroo in the zone; or

(ii)for the eastern harvest zone—10% of the estimated population size for the wallaroo in the zone; or

(iii)for the western harvest zone—10% of the estimated population size for the wallaroo in the zone.

5Conditions on taking or using harvest macropods

(1)For section 11(1)(b) of the conservation plan, the holder of a macropod harvesting licence must not take an eastern grey kangaroo from the western harvest zone.

(2)For section 11(1)(d) of the conservation plan, the holder of a commercial wildlife harvesting licence for harvest macropods must comply with the ‘National code of practice for the humane shooting of kangaroos and wallabies for commercial purposes’ when taking a harvest macropod.

Editor’s note—

The code of practice may be inspected on the website of the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy.

(3)For section 11(1)(e) of the conservation plan, the holder of a macropod harvesting licence must not sell, or give away, the carcass or skin of a harvest macropod taken under a macropod harvesting licence if there is a bullet wound in the macropod’s body.

(4)In this section—

body, of a harvest macropod, means a part of the macropod’s body other than its head.

6Minimum area of skin

For section 12 of the conservation plan, the minimum area of skin of a harvest macropod taken for skin only is 0.41m².

7Minimum weights

(1)For section 13 of the conservation plan—

(a)the minimum weight for the carcass of a harvest macropod taken for its meat only or for both its meat and skin is 20kg; and

(b)the minimum dressed weight for the carcass of a harvest macropod taken for its meat only or for both its meat and skin is—

(i)if the harvest macropod is fully dressed—13kg; or

(ii)otherwise—13kg, plus the extra weight stated in schedule 1, column 2, for each part of the harvest macropod stated in schedule 1, column 1, that has not been removed.

(2)In this section—

fully dressed, in relation to a harvest macropod, means a harvest macropod with all of the following parts removed—

(a)the head;

(b)the viscera;

(c)each of the forelimbs, from the elbow joint;

(d)the foot of 1 hind limb, from a point below the tarsal joint;

(e)the hind limb, other than the hind limb mentioned in paragraph (d), from a point on the tibia midway between the knee and ankle joints;

(f)the tail, not more than 160mm from a point where the underside of the tail joins the body in the external urogenital area.

Note—

For the definition of dress, a macropod, see the conservation plan, schedule 2.

viscera means the contents of the abdominal and thoracic cavities.

8Expiry

This notice expires on 31 December 2017.

section 7(1)

schedule 3, definitions central harvest zone, eastern harvest zone and western harvest zone

Balonne

Barcaldine

Barcoo

Blackall-Tambo

Bulloo

Flinders

Goondiwindi

Longreach

Maranoa

McKinlay

Murweh

Paroo

Quilpie

Richmond

Western Downs

Winton

Banana

Bundaberg

Burdekin

Central Highlands

Charters Towers

Croydon

Etheridge

Gladstone

Isaac

Livingstone

Lockyer Valley

Mackay

North Burnett

Rockhampton

Scenic Rim

Somerset

South Burnett

Southern Downs

Toowoomba

Whitsunday

Boulia

Burke

Carpentaria

Cloncurry

Diamantina

Mount Isa

section 3

central harvest zone means the area consisting of the area of each local government mentioned in schedule 2, part 1.

conservation plan means the Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2005 .

eastern harvest zone means the area consisting of the area of each local government mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.

harvest macropod means—

(a)an eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus); or

(b)a red kangaroo (Macropus rufus); or

(c)a common wallaroo (Macropus robustus).

harvest zone means—

(a)the central harvest zone; or

(b)the eastern harvest zone; or

(c)the western harvest zone.

western harvest zone means the area consisting of the area of each local government mentioned in schedule 2, part 3.