Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2026

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2026.

2Commencement

Part 2 commences on 21 June 2026.

3Regulation amended

This part amends the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019.

4Amendment of sch 7 (Approved ERA standards)

Schedule 7, part 2, items 2 and 3, ‘version 2’—
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version 3

5Regulation amended

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

6Amendment of s 7 (Scientific names)

Section 7(1)(b), ‘used’—
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accepted

7Amendment of s 38 (Ways animals must be displayed)

Section 38(5), from ‘is taken’—
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complies with subsection (2)(b) if the museum or relevant person complies with the animal welfare standards, to the extent the standards are relevant to the way in which the animal should be displayed.

8Amendment of s 61 (Local governments dealing with flying-foxes)

Section 61(2)(c), ‘flying fox’—
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flying-fox

9Amendment of s 157 (Displaying animals)

Section 157(2), from ‘exhibition code’—
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animal welfare standards, to the extent the standards are relevant to the way in which the animal should be displayed.

10Amendment of s 202 (Obtaining and keeping animals)

(1)Section 202(1)(a), ‘an authorised animal from the wild’—
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an animal that is an authorised animal

(2)Section 202(3), definition obtain—
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obtain, an animal, means—

(a)take the animal from the wild, other than hunt, shoot, wound, kill, skin, poison, spear, injure or harm the animal; or

(b)accept the animal from someone who has taken the animal from the wild in the State or another State.

Note—

See also section 55 in relation to dealing with sick, injured or orphaned protected animals.

11Amendment of s 206 (Moving animals)

(1)Section 206(1), from ‘takes’ to ‘taken’—
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obtains a protected animal under the permit may move the animal from the place where the animal was obtained

(2)Section 206(2)—
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(2)However, the holder or relevant person may move the animal from another State into the State under subsection (1) only if—

(a)the rehabilitation permit states that the holder or relevant person may bring an animal obtained in the other State into the State for keeping the animal in the State; and

(b)the animal has, at all times, been lawfully taken, kept and used under the laws of the other State; and

(c)all approvals required for the movement under the laws of the other State have been granted.

(3)Section 206—
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(5)In this section—

obtain, an animal, see section 202(3).

12Amendment of s 217 (Moving animals)

Section 217(b), ‘part of a dead authorised animal’—
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dead authorised animal, or a biological sample taken from a live authorised animal,

13Amendment of sch 1 (Classification of animals and declared management intent)

(1)Schedule 1, section 53, entry for Eclectus roratus—
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Eclectus spp. (other than Eclectus polychloros macgillivrayi and Eclectus polychloros polychloros)

eclectus parrots (other than the eclectus parrot (Cape York Peninsula) and the eclectus parrot (Torres Strait))

(2)Schedule 1, section 15—
insert—

Saproscincus eungellensis

Eungella shadeskink

(3)Schedule 1, section 33, entry for Saproscincus eungellensis—
omit.

14Amendment of sch 3 (Categories of animals)

(1)Schedule 3, section 3, entry for Eclectus roratus
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Eclectus spp. (other than Eclectus polychloros macgillivrayi)

eclectus parrots (other than the eclectus parrot (Cape York Peninsula))

(2)Schedule 3, section 7, entry for ‘Eclectus roratus’—
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Eclectus polychloros macgillivrayi

eclectus parrot (Cape York Peninsula)

no

15Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary)

(1)Schedule 7, definition exhibition code—
omit.

(2)Schedule 7—
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animal welfare standards means the following documents originally endorsed by the Agriculture Ministers Forum (AGMIN) in April 2019, as amended from time to time—

(a)the document called ‘Australian animal welfare standards and guidelines. Exhibited animals – general’;

(b)the document called ‘Australian animal welfare standards and guidelines. Exhibited animals – crocodilian’;

(c)the document called ‘Australian animal welfare standards and guidelines. Exhibited animals – koala’;

(d)the document called ‘Australian animal welfare standards and guidelines. Exhibited animals – macropod’;

(e)the document called ‘Australian animal welfare standards and guidelines. Exhibited animals – ratite’;

(f)the document called ‘Australian animal welfare standards and guidelines. Exhibited animals – wombat’.

16Regulation amended

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

17Replacement of s 8 (Scientific names)

Section 8—
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8Scientific names

The scientific names used for plants mentioned in this regulation follow—

(a)the names used in the most recent census of the Queensland flora and fungi—

(i)prepared by the Queensland Herbarium; and

(ii)available on the Queensland Government Open Data Portal; or

Editor’s note—

The Queensland Government Open Data Portal is at www.data.qld.gov.au.

(b)the names accepted by the Queensland Herbarium.

18Amendment of sch 1, s 9 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 9, entry for Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 9—
insert—

Cycas tuckeri

Lepisanthes senegalensis

19Amendment of sch 1, s 13 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 13, entries for Jasminum jenniae, Lepisanthes senegalensis, Micromyrtus carinata and Ricinocarpos canianus—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 13—
insert—

Styphelia malayana subsp. novoguineensis

20Amendment of sch 1, s 17 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 17, entries for Cycas tuckeri, Hymenophyllum kerianum and Micromyrtus rotundifolia—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 17—
insert—

Albizia sp. (Windsor Tableland B.Gray 2181)

Carex breviscapa

Jasminum jenniae

21Amendment of sch 1, s 21 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 21, entry for Carex breviscapa—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 21—
insert—

Hymenophyllum kerianum

Micromyrtus carinata

Micromyrtus rotundifolia

Ricinocarpos canianus

22Amendment of sch 1, s 24 (Principles relating to proposed taking, keeping and use)

Schedule 1, section 24, ‘vulnerable’—
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near threatened

23Regulation amended

This part amends the Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2023.

24Omission of s 27 (Day for reviewing particular matters in relation to waste levy—Act, s 271)

Section 27—
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