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<subordleg title="Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2026 " year.published="2026" year.citation="2026" no="153" pco.reg.ref="S26_0119" publication.date="2026-10-30" enabling.title="Nature Conservation Act 1992" enabling.acts="act-1992-020" sub.leg.type="reg" print.type="published" initial.admin.dept="Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation" id="sl-2026-0153" version.desc.id="f18ffbf0-062b-4445-9e79-f545f65a8e82" version.series.id="852b78cf-6a3d-4180-985a-8fe5caf7af2d" amending="pure" published.how="website" stage.repeal="1"><wrapper><body numbering.style="manual"><clause id="sec.1" guid="_ec3d1b20-7b57-4ca6-98ed-93155f0ac79e" provision.type="shorttitle" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_6d65c265-a707-4276-a626-989d10cfdeb3">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation may be cited as the <legref type="subordleg" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2026</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.2" guid="_a81aacc0-ce64-4a20-8d3f-79ee71b6ae4e" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_b66e28b6-50c5-40be-b2c9-46edd011d59e">Regulation amended</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation amends the <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_f6536483-7320-4e4d-afef-b302c5790782" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_3292b55f-9ce0-4708-b9fd-3e79fe63b766">Insertion of new <legref refid="pt.6" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">pt&#160;6</legref>, <legref refid="pt.6-div.7" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">div&#160;7</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1"><legref refid="pt.6" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Part&#160;6</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><division id="sec.3-frag-div.7" guid="_889891fa-708a-49c7-a758-7358cea6b19e" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Division 7</no><heading id="sec.3-frag-div.7-he" guid="_a8519b56-f1fc-423e-b5db-23f87941b50d">Transitional provision for <legref type="subordleg" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="no">Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2026</name></legref></heading><clause id="sec.3-frag-div.7-sec.20" guid="_7ec33996-ac27-4b0a-84cd-d20e47c867ae" provision.type="transitional" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>20</no><heading id="sec.3-frag-div.7-sec.20-he" guid="_50756b69-f6c0-405b-8aaf-9ad39594560b">References to particular national parks</heading><subclause id="sec.3-frag-div.7-sec.20-ssec.1" guid="_cfc40a37-1633-4693-9dad-5dee8e9007f0" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(1)</no><block><txt break.before="0">A reference in a document to Bladensburg National Park (formerly National Park 88, counties of Ayrshire and Fermoy) may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to Bladensburg National Park.</txt></block></subclause><subclause id="sec.3-frag-div.7-sec.20-ssec.2" guid="_4604e768-8b55-4b9d-bcbe-dc2e9bf29e10" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(2)</no><block><txt break.before="0">A reference in a document to Goneaway National Park (formerly Environmental Park 2, County of Mayne) may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to Goneaway Tablelands National Park.</txt></block></subclause></clause></division></fragment></block></clause><clause id="sec.4" guid="_5db47700-05e4-4d7e-8402-535c33699e8c" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>4</no><heading id="sec.4-he" guid="_f90199f3-02dc-4ad7-899a-40830a62efc1">Amendment of <legref refid="sch.2" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">sch&#160;2</legref> (National parks)</heading><subclause id="sec.4-ssec.1" guid="_ec5165c0-83ed-4aec-aedd-c4a1ac58c509" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(1)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sch.2" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Schedule&#160;2</legref>, entries for Bingera National Park, Bladensburg National Park (formerly National Park 88, counties of Ayrshire and Fermoy), Burrum Coast National Park, Cape Palmerston National Park, Goneaway National Park (formerly Environmental Park 2, County of Mayne) and Repulse Islands National Park—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit.</i></txt></block></subclause><subclause id="sec.4-ssec.2" guid="_d119cb01-81b9-4021-ad6a-990006553731" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(2)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sch.2" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Schedule&#160;2</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><table frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl" guid="_9615a476-54a5-4ae2-9a72-6fde1acd1bce" orient="port" heading.align="left" font.size="12.pt"><tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" tgroupstyle="2columnUnRuled"><colspec colnum="1" colname="1" colwidth="2.375in" colsep="0"/><colspec colnum="2" colname="2" colwidth="2.624in" colsep="0"/><tbody><row rowsep="0" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr" guid="_d994149b-2071-4f38-97aa-8e3c7334fd30"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-tble1" guid="_64258351-ec62-4f17-a37d-111751af599f"><block><txt break.before="1">Bingera National Park</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-tble2" guid="_65ff2002-4b8f-4e29-9d39-24512333f977"><block><txt break.before="1">Lots 1 to 3 and 182 on AP23972, containing an area of about 5,436.51ha</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2" guid="_64459a02-f1f0-4424-b18b-c86260a7f799"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2-tble1" guid="_297bd481-6c6d-4cbd-9abd-090ee7db1d66"><block><txt break.before="1">Bladensburg National Park</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2-tble2" guid="_282f59d3-f42f-4be2-885e-050ddf9a04d5"><block><txt break.before="1">Lots 7 and 8 on plan MO13, lots 12 to 14 on plan MO16, lot 4 on plan MO50, lot 88 on plan NPW477, lot 1 on SP193779 and lot 3884 on SP249580, containing an area of about 124,031.1587ha</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.3" guid="_221a1bff-12ef-418f-a12a-6b2dd2256e89"><entry colname="1" align="left" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.3-tble1" guid="_bd0f501e-781a-462a-b064-3e3aef6db4af"><block><txt break.before="1">Burrum Coast National Park</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.3-tble2" guid="_98144767-8e03-4577-a0bc-2c69282c9100"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 94 on plan C37672, lot 42 on plan CK2583, lot 89 on plan CK3698, lot 25 on plan NPW642 (other than lot 26 on SP355148), lot 2 on SP355149 and lot 5 on plan USL36705, containing an area of about 26,238.371ha</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.4" guid="_37ec16d0-cfb7-42f4-a44f-650e1ff1bebc"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.4-tble1" guid="_12dc92a2-e83a-4a46-b21f-a1ead3bc9413"><block><txt break.before="1">Cape Palmerston National Park</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.4-tble2" guid="_2b42bd01-f79a-4c5d-a36b-7cbcbd720c91"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 801 on AP23896, containing an area of about 7,197.74ha</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.5" guid="_e69e5eef-fd56-4229-b8e4-c20930e42437"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.5-tble1" guid="_15e8d1f5-723a-44f0-91f4-a30b9d646bb5"><block><txt break.before="1">Goneaway Tablelands National Park</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.5-tble2" guid="_dbc92559-2b76-4def-8be8-6e35d37b3fa8"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 1 on plan MY4 and lot 4276 on plan PH1877, containing an area of about 60,100ha</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.6" guid="_ed3e40ef-7543-4bfc-aac7-f92cafd65c00"><entry colname="1" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.6-tble1" guid="_43b43a5f-6a13-419f-af49-78c62a31ee50"><block><txt break.before="1">Repulse Islands National Park</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" id="sec.4-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.6-tble2" guid="_a2a644ca-a99a-4a2c-a619-6ec456dd92d7"><block><txt break.before="1">Lots 1 to 4 on AP23900, containing an area of about 149.76ha</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></fragment></block></subclause></clause><clause id="sec.5" guid="_7cfae8b9-3bae-4673-b160-e1f4008bbc6f" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>5</no><heading id="sec.5-he" guid="_622108c7-9b11-417a-a669-a375c927a67f">Amendment of <legref refid="sch.4B" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">sch&#160;4B</legref> (Special wildlife reserves)</heading><block><txt break.before="1"><legref refid="sch.4B" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Schedule&#160;4B</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><table frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" id="sec.5-frag-tbl" guid="_da80e7ef-77fe-4355-9835-e22ae561f20e" orient="port" heading.align="left" font.size="12.pt"><tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" tgroupstyle="Unruled3column"><colspec colnum="1" colname="1" colwidth="2.500in" colsep="0"/><colspec colnum="2" colname="2" colwidth="2.500in" colsep="0"/><tbody><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.5-frag-tbl-tblr" guid="_472ca103-5aa3-419c-afb2-defbaa4b33a1"><entry colname="1" align="left" id="sec.5-frag-tbl-tblr-tble1" guid="_efc439b0-d250-4213-9def-b736114015bc"><block><txt break.before="1">Ethabuka Special Wildlife Reserve</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" id="sec.5-frag-tbl-tblr-tble2" guid="_17f417e5-176b-41a3-9803-13f28ff37f42"><block><txt break.before="1">The part of lot 5321 on plan PH1731, shown on plan PA10005, containing an area of about 212,941.56ha</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></fragment></block></clause><clause id="sec.6" guid="_473ca981-2a4d-4d8f-af6e-508336682bc7" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>6</no><heading id="sec.6-he" guid="_6c83e7a5-7f2e-412c-a820-695f0fdd7786">Amendment of <legref refid="sch.5" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">sch&#160;5</legref> (Nature refuges)</heading><subclause id="sec.6-ssec.1" guid="_46dd2fb6-ea39-4a70-9720-3a627172523a" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(1)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sch.5" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Schedule&#160;5</legref>, entries for Ethabuka Nature Refuge and Rosevale Nature Refuge—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit.</i></txt></block></subclause><subclause id="sec.6-ssec.2" guid="_9094da1d-1794-40fa-a65b-1377023d5bef" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(2)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sch.5" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Schedule&#160;5</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><table frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl" guid="_21f0b979-e18a-431e-9d9b-3ce36ea830c4" orient="port" heading.align="left" font.size="12.pt"><tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" tgroupstyle="2columnUnRuled"><colspec colnum="1" colname="1" colwidth="2.386in" colsep="0"/><colspec colnum="2" colname="2" colwidth="2.614in" colsep="0"/><tbody><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr" guid="_00fac234-ddfb-4afc-b1f9-f3fd81facf8f"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-tble1" guid="_bb4d6553-9762-4d80-9167-63386822f261"><block><txt break.before="1">Blue Box Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-tble2" guid="_4d80fb9e-26a6-4b53-a824-db2f513c48e1"><block><txt break.before="1">The part of lot 47 on plan M341330, containing an area of about 44.35ha, shown on plan PA1230</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2" guid="_0e2871bb-83c1-48ba-9982-341927d9e747"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2-tble1" guid="_e3156f2d-de92-49fa-9110-40a5342687ec"><block><txt break.before="1">Boobook Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2-tble2" guid="_e0518d18-b2ed-4952-a521-e24b709b74ce"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 1 on RP209297 and the part of lot 2 on RP209297, containing an area of about 14.948ha, shown on plan PA1229</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.3" guid="_ae8d08d9-61e7-46ea-9ef3-337a9fcb5173"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.3-tble1" guid="_4122f878-29f8-43aa-a134-365fa3c6ca8d"><block><txt break.before="1">BrakeAway Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.3-tble2" guid="_b208e61b-6796-4b7d-abff-8a19e4dd34a1"><block><txt break.before="1">The part of lot 22 on SP254613, containing an area of about 38.11ha, shown on plan PA1217</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.4" guid="_73369b50-2b6c-4136-9edc-f2ff19879279"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.4-tble1" guid="_e0999cb2-65f2-42a3-90f0-9670ee9115b2"><block><txt break.before="1">Galah’s Rest Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.4-tble2" guid="_16f61e61-b08c-4228-8d8a-e1cc592bc639"><block><txt break.before="1">The part of lot 281 on SP162850, containing an area of about 19.79ha, shown on plan PA1215</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.5" guid="_5440179d-195b-4f86-89b2-036a19f2ae4f"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.5-tble1" guid="_3aa6de3c-4dc4-4427-80b0-ee81f8035ffd"><block><txt break.before="1">Imagine Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.5-tble2" guid="_46f80917-33c8-45de-ada5-498f89eb59fe"><block><txt break.before="1">The part of lot 77 on plan CA311172, containing an area of about 62.88ha, shown on plan PA1187</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.6" guid="_b5879a70-4a00-44fa-aa0d-0e6b9f4a3c6c"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.6-tble1" guid="_bf929c7a-1e27-4186-b66f-c4a64a6a8d17"><block><txt break.before="1">Picnic Rock Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.6-tble2" guid="_1e3ca1bc-01f3-439d-b6d5-1aa3d5651107"><block><txt break.before="1">The part of lot 1 on RP196402, containing an area of about 13.1ha, shown on plan PA1216</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.7" guid="_8aa9b4a0-8371-4558-b5d0-9ab2fa91c97d"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.7-tble1" guid="_157034e9-8e61-418f-8e7e-83358e2cef9e"><block><txt break.before="1">Rosevale Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.7-tble2" guid="_e6f49e25-70c5-4e5e-8182-5613a8e72443"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 5 on plan P534, lots 6 and 7 on plan P535 and lot 8 on plan PR149, containing an area of about 32,473.6429ha, shown on plan PA1209</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.8" guid="_e20ca31d-1b67-4aaa-b57b-49b0ee1ddd2e"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.8-tble1" guid="_8be26096-7570-49b2-880b-b8ca5425645a"><block><txt break.before="1">Wildflower Ridge Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.8-tble2" guid="_c7c7dc57-eda3-44ab-933a-caa40e510507"><block><txt break.before="1">The part of lot 6 on SP106933, containing an area of about 49.64ha, shown on plan PA1228</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></fragment></block></subclause></clause></body></wrapper></subordleg>