Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2021

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2021.

2Regulation amended

This part amends the Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014.

3Amendment of s 6 (Environmental offsets policy—Act, s 12)

Section 6, ‘the Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy (version 1.9)’—
omit, insert—

‘Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy (version 1.10)’ and

4Regulation amended

This part amends the Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.

5Amendment of s 27 (Public service employees and contractors dealing with dead protected animals)

Section 27(3)(a) and (b), ‘tissue’—
omit, insert—

biological

6Replacement of s 34 (Keeping and using animals for education and research)

Section 34—
omit, insert—

34Keeping and using animals for education and research

(1)This section applies in relation to a dead protected animal, or a biological sample taken from a live protected animal, if the animal—

(a)was taken, or is kept, under the Act, the Exhibited Animals Act 2015 or a law of another State; and

(b)is located in the State.

(2)A qualified person may carry out any of the following activities for an educational or research purpose—

(a)buy, accept or receive the animal or sample from a person authorised to sell or give away the animal or sample under the Act;

(b)keep the animal or sample;

(c)otherwise use, other than process, the animal or sample.

(3)In this section—

qualified person, in relation to a dead protected animal, or a biological sample taken from a live protected animal, means a person to whom—

(a)an educational purposes permit for the animal could be granted under chapter 4, part 12 and chapter 5, part 2; or

(b)a research permit for the animal could be granted under chapter 4, part 15 and chapter 5, part 2.

7Amendment of s 58 (Veterinary surgeons treating animals)

Section 58(2), ‘The surgeon may’—
omit, insert—

The veterinary surgeon may

8Insertion of new s 58A

After section 58—
insert—

58AVeterinary surgeons giving away biological samples

(1)This section applies if a veterinary surgeon treats or cares for a live protected animal at the veterinary premises of the veterinary surgeon.

(2)The veterinary surgeon may give away a biological sample taken from the animal if—

(a)the sample was taken from the animal while the animal was being treated or cared for; and

(b)the person to whom the sample is given intends to keep and use the sample under section 34.

9Amendment of s 60 (Dead sampled or implanted animals)

(1)Section 60, heading, ‘Dead’—
omit, insert—

Moving dead

(2)Section 60(2), ‘tissue’—
omit.

10Insertion of new s 60A

After section 60—
insert—

60AVeterinary surgeons giving away dead animals

(1)This section applies if a veterinary surgeon—

(a)treats or cares for a protected animal that dies at the veterinary premises of the veterinary surgeon; or

(b)performs an autopsy on a dead protected animal.

(2)The veterinary surgeon, with the consent of the owner or custodian of the animal, may give away the animal to a person who intends to keep and use the animal under section 34.

11Amendment of s 87 (Dealing with kept animals after death—sampled or implanted animals)

Section 87(3), ‘tissue’—
omit.

12Amendment of s 88 (Dealing with kept animals after death—other animals)

(1)Section 88(2)(b)—
insert—

(ia)the holder of a dead animal collection authority for the dead animal; or

(2)Section 88(2)(b)(ia) and (ii)—
renumber as section 88(2)(b)(ii) and (iii).

13Insertion of new s 205A

After section 205—
insert—

205A Giving away biological samples

The holder of a rehabilitation permit, or a relevant person for the holder, may give away a biological sample taken from a live authorised animal kept under the permit if—

(a)the sample was taken from the animal while the animal was being treated or cared for by the holder or relevant person; and

(b)the person to whom the sample is given intends to keep and use the sample under section 34.

14Omission of s 210 (Return of operations)

Section 210—
omit.

15Replacement of s 216 (Selling or giving away animals)

Section 216—
omit, insert—

216Giving away animals and biological samples

(1)The holder of a research permit, or a relevant person for the holder, may give away a dead authorised animal kept under the permit to a person who intends to keep and use the animal under section 34.

(2)The holder of a research permit, or a relevant person for the holder, may give away a biological sample taken from a live authorised animal kept under the permit to a person who intends to keep and use the sample under section 34.

16Insertion of new ch 4, pt 15, div 3

Chapter 4, part 15—
insert—

Division 3 Conditions

217A Purpose of division

(1)This division states conditions that apply to all research permits.

Notes—

1Failure to comply with a condition of an animal authority is an offence under section 318.

2Also, under chapter 5, part 6, failure to comply with a condition of an animal authority is a ground for amendment, suspension or cancellation of the authority.

(2)This division does not limit any other condition the chief executive may impose on a research permit.

Note—

For the power of the chief executive to impose conditions on an animal authority, see sections 244, 246, 247 and 260.

217B Return of operations

(1)The holder of a research permit must give the chief executive a return of operations for the permit.

Note—

For the requirements for returns of operations, see chapter 8.

(2)The holder complies with subsection (1) if a relevant person, or an approved person, for the holder gives the return to the chief executive for the holder.

17Amendment of s 231 (Keeping and using animals)

(1)Section 231(1), before paragraph (a)—
insert—

(aa)buy, accept or receive an authorised animal from a person authorised to sell or give away the animal under the Act;

(2)Section 231(1)(b), before ‘use’—
insert—

otherwise

(3)Section 231(1)(aa) to (b)—
renumber as section 231(1)(a) to (c).

18Amendment of s 318 (Compliance with conditions of animal authority)

Section 318(4), definition return of operations condition, ‘210’—
omit, insert—

217B

19Amendment of s 320 (Dealing with kept animals after death—sampled or implanted animals)

Section 320(3)(a), ‘tissue’—
omit.

20Amendment of s 365 (Powers of conservation officer in relation to kept animals—Act, s 154)

Section 365(a) and (b), ‘tissue’—
omit.

21Amendment of s 366 (Sampling or implanting animals)

Section 366(2)(a), ‘tissue’—
omit.

22Amendment of s 375 (Supply of movement advices)

(1)Section 375, ‘give a movement advice’—
omit, insert—

give a hard copy of a movement advice

(2)Section 375—
insert—

Note—

An electronic copy of a movement advice is available on the department’s website.

23Amendment of ch 12, pt 2, hdg (Transitional provisions)

Chapter 12, part 2, heading, after ‘provisions’—
insert—

for SL No. 136 of 2020

24Insertion of new ch 12, pt 3

Chapter 12—
insert—

Part 3 Transitional provision for Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2021

422Prescribed period for particular returns of operations for existing research permits

(1)This section applies in relation to—

(a)a research permit granted before the commencement in effect on the commencement; and

(b)the first return of operations for the permit required to be given to the chief executive after the commencement.

(2)For section 348, the prescribed period for the first return of operations for the research permit is taken to be the period—

(a)starting on the commencement; and

(b)ending—

(i)1 year after the permit was granted; or

(ii)if the permit ends within a year of being granted—on the day the permit ends.

25Amendment of sch 1, s 14 (Invertebrates)

Schedule 1, section 14—
insert—

Euastacus binzayedi	Embezee’s crayfish
Euastacus maidae	hinterland spiny crayfish

26Insertion of new sch 1, s 14A

Schedule 1, after section 14—
insert—

14AMammals

Scientific name	Common name
Lasiorhinus krefftii	northern hairy-nosed wombat

27Amendment of sch 1, s 15 (Reptiles)

Schedule 1, section 15—
insert—

Techmarscincus jigurru

Bartle Frere cool-skink

28Amendment of sch 1, s 19 (Amphibians)

(1)Schedule 1, section 19, entry for Mixophyes iteratus —
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 19—
insert—

Philoria kundagungan

mountain frog

29Amendment of sch 1, s 20 (Birds)

Schedule 1, section 20—
insert—

Thalassarche cauta

shy albatross

30Amendment of sch 1, s 22 (Invertebrates)

Schedule 1, section 22—
insert—

Euastacus eungella	Eungella spiny crayfish
Euastacus hystricosus	Conondale spiny crayfish
Euastacus monteithorum	Monteith’s spiny crayfish
Euastacus robertsi	Robert’s crayfish

31Amendment of sch 1, s 23 (Mammals)

(1)Schedule 1, section 23, entry for Lasiorhinus krefftii—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 23—
insert—

Dasyurus maculatus maculatus	spotted-tailed quoll (south-eastern mainland population)
Pseudomys oralis	Hastings River mouse

32Amendment of sch 1, s 24 (Reptiles)

Schedule 1, section 24—
insert—

Karma tryoni	Tryon’s skink
Tympanocryptis wilsoni	Roma earless dragon

33Amendment of sch 1, s 28 (Amphibians)

(1)Schedule 1, section 28, entry for Philoria kundagungan—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 28—
insert—

Mixophyes iteratus

giant barred frog

34Amendment of sch 1, s 29 (Birds)

Schedule 1, section 29, entry for Thalassarche cauta—
omit.

35Amendment of sch 1, s 31 (Invertebrates)

Schedule 1, section 31—
insert—

Cherax robustus

sand yabby

36Amendment of sch 1, s 32 (Mammals)

Schedule 1, section 32, entries for Dasyurus maculatus maculatus and Pseudomys oralis—
omit.

37Amendment of sch 1, s 33 (Reptiles)

Schedule 1, section 33, entries for Karma tryoni, Pygmaeascincus sadlieri, Techmarscincus jigurru and Tympanocryptis wilsoni—
omit.

38Amendment of sch 1, s 45 (Amphibians)

Schedule 1, section 45, from ‘that is extinct in the wild’—
omit, insert—

prescribed as another class of wildlife.

39Amendment of sch 1, s 46 (Birds)

Schedule 1, section 46, from ‘that is extinct in the wild’—
omit, insert—

prescribed as another class of wildlife.

40Amendment of sch 1, s 47 (Invertebrates)

Schedule 1, section 47(1) and (2), from ‘that is extinct in the wild’—
omit, insert—

prescribed as another class of wildlife.

41Amendment of sch 1, s 48 (Mammals)

Schedule 1, section 48(1)(a), from ‘that is extinct in the wild’—
omit, insert—

prescribed as another class of wildlife;

42Amendment of sch 1, s 49 (Reptiles)

Schedule 1, section 49, from ‘that is extinct in the wild’—
omit, insert—

prescribed as another class of wildlife.

43Amendment of sch 3, s 1 (Birds)

Schedule 3, section 1, entry for Northiella haematogaster, ‘haematogaster’—
omit, insert—

naretha

44Amendment of sch 3, s 4 (Invertebrates)

Schedule 3, section 4(a) and (b), ‘least concern’—
omit, insert—

protected

45Amendment of sch 6 (Fees)

(1)Schedule 6, part 1, division 4, item 2, after ‘payable,’—
insert—

other than to change an address,

(2)Schedule 6, part 5, item 1, before ‘movement advice’—
insert—

hard copy of a

46Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary)

(1)Schedule 7, definition approved scientific institution, ‘tissue’—
omit.

(2)Schedule 7, definition departmental code of practice, paragraph (b), from ‘in which’—
omit, insert—

in which—

(i)the animals may be taken, kept or used; or

(ii)a person may interact with the animals.

(3)Schedule 7, definition prescribed fee—
omit, insert—

prescribed fee means a fee prescribed by chapter 9 to be payable under the Act.

(4)Schedule 7, definition sampled or implanted animal, paragraph (a), ‘tissue’—
omit.

(5)Schedule 7, definition sampling consumable, ‘tissue’—
omit.

47Plan amended

This part amends the Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2017.

48Amendment of s 9 (Particular holders may kill dependent young)

Section 9(2), ‘relevant code of practice for the macropod’—
omit, insert—

Australian macropod code

49Amendment of s 40 (Way macropod may be taken)

Section 40(3), ‘relevant code of practice for the macropod’—
omit, insert—

Australian macropod code

50Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)

Schedule 2—
insert—

Australian macropod code means the document called ‘National code of practice for the humane shooting of kangaroos and wallabies for commercial purposes’, published on 18 November 2020 by AgriFutures Australia.

51Regulation amended

This part amends the Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020.

52Amendment of s 108 (Chief executive to decide application)

Section 108(3), before ‘endangered plants’—
insert—

critically endangered plants,

53Amendment of sch 1, s 5 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 5, entries for Calotis glabrescens, Lycopodium volubile and Monogramma dareicarpa—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 5—
insert—

Haplopteris dareicarpa

Pseudodiphasium volubile

54Amendment of sch 1, s 9 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 9, entries for Amphineuron immersum, Amphineuron tildeniae, Brachychiton sp. Ormeau (L.H.Bird AQ435851), Bruguiera hainesii, Grevillea scortechinii subsp.scortechinii, Lenwebbia sp. Main Range (P.R.Sharpe+ 4877), Pimelea leptospermoides subsp. bowmanii and Prostanthera athertonia—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 9—
insert—

Amblovenatum immersum

Amblovenatum tildeniae

Backhousia oligantha

Brachychiton sp. (Ormeau L.H.Bird AQ435851)

Bruguiera × hainesii

Calotis glabrescens

Calyptochloa gracillima subsp. ipsviciensis

Crepidomanes aphlebioides

Cynometra roseiflora

Diplazium squamuligerum

Drosera buubugujin

Eriocaulon aloefolium

Eriocaulon giganticum

Eucalyptus argophloia

Eucryphia jinksii

Grevillea scortechinii subsp. scortechinii

Gyrostemon osmus

Hymenophyllum reinwardtii

Lenwebbia sp. (Main Range P.R.Sharpe+ 4877)

Lobelia fontana

Melaleuca lophocoracorum

Pimelea leptospermoides subsp. bowmanni

Prostanthera athertoniana

Prostanthera eungella

Rhodamnia dumicola

Solanum adoxum

Solanum angustum

55Amendment of sch 1, s 13 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 13, entries for Archidendron kanisii, Backhousia oligantha, Clausena smyrelliana, Crepidomanes aphlebioides, Cyathea exilis, Cyathea felina, Eriocaulon aloefolium, Eriocaulon giganticum, Eucryphia jinksii, Goodyera grandis, Gyrostemon osmus, Leucopogon recurvisepalus, Lobelia fontana, Oldenlandia gibsonii, Oldenlandia spathulata, Olearia macdonnellensis, Solanum adoxum, Solanum angustum, Tylophora linearis, Tylophora rupicola, Tylophora woollsii and Uncaria cordata var. cordata—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 13—
insert—

Alsophila exilis

Comesperma anemosmaragdinum

Cycas distans

Dolichocarpa spathulata

Habenaria chlorosepala

Habenaria exilis

Lindsaea terrae-reginae

Lobelia fenshamii

Murraya crenulata

Olearia orientalis

Phlegmariurus pinifolius

Salacistis ochroleuca

Scleromitrion gibsonii

Sphaeropteris felina

Styphelia recurvisepala

Uncaria cordata

Vincetoxicum forsteri

Vincetoxicum rupicola

Vincetoxicum woollsii

56Amendment of sch 1, s 17 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 17, entries for Asplenium unilaterale, Asplenium wildii, Canarium acutifolium var. acutifolium, Ctenopteris blechnoides, Ctenopteris walleri, Eucalyptus argophloia, Fimbristylis sp. (Elizabeth Springs R.J.Fensham 3743), Grammitis albosetosa, Grammitis leonardii, Grammitis reinwardtii, Lastreopsis grayi, Lastreopsis tinarooensis, Leucopogon malayanus subsp. novoguineensis, Lindsaea terrae-reginae, Lobelia fenshamii and Tinospora tinosporoides—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 17—
insert—

Archidendron kanisii

Canarium acutifolium

Ctenopterella blechnoides

Cycas terryana

Fawcettia tinosporoides

Hymenasplenium perriei

Hymenasplenium wildii

Oreogrammitis albosetosa

Oreogrammitis leonardii

Oreogrammitis reinwardtii

Parapolystichum grayi

Parapolystichum tinarooense

Phlegmariurus ledermannii

Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis

Tomophyllum walleri

57Amendment of sch 1, s 21 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 21, entries for Callerya pilipes, Cyathea celebica, Cyathea cunninghamii, Oldenlandia polyclada, Pimelea leptospermoides subsp. Leptospermoides, Pteridoblechnum acuminatum, Sarcotoechia heterophylla and Schefflera bractescens—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 21—
insert—

Alsophila cunninghamii

Austrocallerya pilipes

Blechnum reticulatum

Heptapleurum bractescens

Pimelea leptospermoides subsp. leptospermoides

Scleromitrion polycladum

Sphaeropteris celebica

Synima heterophylla

58Amendment of sch 1, s 25 (Plants)

Schedule 1, section 25, from ‘that is extinct’ to ‘near threatened wildlife’—
omit, insert—

prescribed as another class of wildlife

59Amendment of sch 2, s 1 (Plant families)

(1)Schedule 2, section 1, ‘Doodia aspera’—
omit, insert—

Blechnum neohollandicum

(2)Schedule 2, section 1, ‘Lycopodiella cernua’—
omit, insert—

Palhinhaea cernua

60Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary)

Schedule 5, definition prescribed fee—
omit, insert—

prescribed fee means a fee prescribed by chapter 9 to be payable under the Act.