Nature Conservation (Macropod Harvest Period 2018) Notice 2017

1Short title

This notice may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Macropod Harvest Period 2018) Notice 2017.

2Commencement

This notice commences on 1 January 2018.

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 and harvest region, on 1 January 2018 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 in the zone or region will have been taken in 2018 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 in the zone or region—the day stated in the notice; or

Examples of an event—

•a flood

•a disease outbreak

(b)otherwise—31 December 2018.

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

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

(b)on the department’s website; and

(c)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 in a harvest zone or harvest region, 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 day the harvest period for the macropod in the zone or region ends.

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

(5)In this section—

estimated population size means—

(a)for a harvest macropod in a harvest zone—the population size estimated by the chief executive in 2017 for the macropod in the zone for 2018; or

(b)for a harvest macropod in a harvest region—the population size estimated by the chief executive in 2017 for the macropod in the region for 2018.

relevant maximum amount means—

(a)for an eastern grey kangaroo—

(i)for the central north harvest region—7.5% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo in the region; or

(ii)for the central south and east harvest region—15% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo in the region; or

(iii)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)This section states, for the Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2017, section 12(1), conditions on the taking of macropods during the harvest period and using the macropods taken.

(2)The holder of a macropod harvesting licence must not take an eastern grey kangaroo from the western harvest zone.

(3)The holder of a macropod harvesting licence must comply with the ‘National Code of Practice for the Humane Shooting of Kangaroos and Wallabies for Commercial Purposes’ when taking a harvest macropod.

6Minimum area of skin

For the Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2017, section 13, the minimum area of skin of a harvest macropod taken for skin only is 0.41m².

7Minimum weights

(1)For the Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2017, section 14—

(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 below 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 Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2017, schedule 2.

viscera means the contents of the abdominal and thoracic cavities.

8Expiry

This notice expires on 31 December 2018.

section 7(1)

schedule 3, definitions central north harvest region, central south and east harvest region, eastern harvest zone and western harvest zone

Barcaldine

Barcoo

Blackall-Tambo

Flinders

Longreach

McKinlay

Richmond

Winton

Balonne

Bulloo

Goondiwindi

Maranoa

Murweh

Paroo

Quilpie

Western Downs

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 central north harvest region and the central south and east harvest region.

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

central south and east harvest region means the area consisting of the area of each local government area mentioned in schedule 2, part 1, division 2.

eastern harvest zone means the area consisting of the area of each local government area 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 region means—

(a)the central north harvest region; or

(b)the central south and east harvest region.

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 area mentioned in schedule 2, part 3.