Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002
Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Regulation 2003
Part 1
Preliminary
1
Short title
This regulation may be cited as the
Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Regulation 2003
.
2
Commencement
(1)
Section 4
(d) and schedule 2, part 3, commence on 1 November 2003.
(2)
The remaining provisions of this regulation commence on 1 July 2003.
3
Definitions
The dictionary in schedule 6 defines particular words used in this regulation.
Part 2
Pest management
Division 1
General provisions
div hdg ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 3
4
Declared pests—Act, s 36
For section 36 of the Act—
(a)
the following animals are declared pests for the State of the category class 1 pest—
(i)
all mammals, reptiles and amphibians, other than a mammal, reptile or amphibian mentioned in schedule 1;
(ii)
yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes); and
(b)
a plant mentioned in schedule 2, part 1, is a declared pest for the State of the category class 1 pest; and
(c)
an animal or plant mentioned in schedule 2, part 2, is a declared pest for the State of the category class 2 pest; and
(d)
an animal or plant mentioned in schedule 2, part 3, is a declared pest for the State of the category class 3 pest.
s 4
sub 2004 SL No. 175
s 4
5
Class 2 pests—Act, s 45
The following class 2 pests are prescribed for section 45
(1)
(b) of the Act—
(a)
American rat’s tail grass (Sporobolus jacquemontii);
(b)
giant Parramatta grass (Sporobolus fertilis);
(c)
giant rat’s tail grass (Sporobolus pyramidalis and S. natalensis);
(d)
Parramatta grass (Sporobolus africanus);
(e)
parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus);
(f)
prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica).
6
Building lines for declared pest fences—Act, s 47
(1)
For section 47
(1) of the Act—
(a)
the following building lines are fixed for fences for dingoes and dogs other than domestic dogs—
(i)
the line shown on the relevant maps as ‘wild dog barrier fence’;
(ii)
the line shown on the relevant maps as ‘wild dog check fence’; and
(b)
the line shown on the relevant maps as ‘rabbit fence’ is fixed for a fence for European rabbits (domestic and wild breeds) (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
(2)
In this section—
relevant maps means maps DF01 and DF02 held by the department.
s 6
sub 2004 SL No. 175
s 5
amd 2007 SL No. 337
s 3
6A
Local governments that may build declared pest fence—Act, s 48
The following local governments are prescribed for section 48 of the Act—
(a)
Western Downs Regional Council;
(b)
Goondiwindi Regional Council;
(c)
Southern Downs Regional Council;
(d)
Toowoomba Regional Council.
s 6A
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 5
sub 2008 SL No. 38
s 19
amd 2008 SL No. 190
s 3; 2010 SL No. 13
s 13
6B
Period for particular pest survey programs—Act, s 241
For section 241
(4)
(f) of the Act, the period prescribed for a pest survey program approved by the chief executive is 12 months.
s 6B
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 5
7
Scientific names
The scientific names used in schedules 1, 2 and 3 follow—
(a)
for animals—
(i)
Parker, S.P., Grzimek’s Encyclopedia of Mammals, 1990, vols 1 to 5, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York; and
(ii)
the list of exotic vertebrate animals in Australia in ‘Technical Report of the National Vertebrate Pests Committee’, prepared by the Natural Resource Management Standing Committee; and
(b)
for plants—
(i)
Henderson, R.J.F. (Ed), Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens, 2002, Queensland Herbarium, Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane; and
(ii)
Parsons, W.T. and Cuthbertson, E.G., Noxious Weeds of Australia, 1992, Inkata Press, Melbourne; and
(iii)
Holm, L.G., Pancho, J.V., Hergerger, J.P. and Plunkett, D.L., A Geographical Atlas of World Weeds, 1991, Kreiger Publishing, Florida.
s 7
prev s 7 om 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
pres s 7 (prev s 8) renum and reloc 2004 SL No. 175
s 7
amd 2012 SL No. 92
s 26
Division 2
Purposes and entities for introducing or keeping declared pest
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s 6
8
Purpose of div 2
This division prescribes, for section 60
(2) of the Act—
(a)
the purposes for which declared pests may be kept; and
(b)
the declared pests that may be kept for the purpose; and
(c)
the entities that may keep the declared pests for the purpose.
s 8
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8A
Definitions for div 2
In this division—
kept includes introduced.
prescribed education program, for a declared pest, means a program under which the pest is—
(a)
kept—
(i)
for a declared pest animal—securely in a cage or other enclosure that prevents the animal escaping; or
(ii)
for a declared pest plant—in a way that prevents the reproductive material of the plant being released into the environment; and
(b)
used to provide the public with information about the pest, including, for example, information about the economic, environmental and social impacts of the pest.
s 8A
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8B
Circus entertainment
A declared pest mentioned in schedule 3, part 1, may be kept by a circus for providing entertainment to the public.
s 8B
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8C
Prescribed education program
(1)
A class 1 pest may be kept by the department for a prescribed education program for the pest.
(2)
A class 2 pest animal, other than a European rabbit (domestic breeds only), may be kept by a following entity for a prescribed education program for the animal—
(a)
a government entity;
(b)
a local government;
(c)
a tertiary institution;
(d)
a zoo.
(3)
A class 2 pest plant may be kept by a following entity for a prescribed education program for the plant—
(a)
a government entity;
(b)
a local government;
(c)
a tertiary institution;
(d)
a community organisation.
s 8C
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
amd 2007 SL No. 337
s 4
8D
Magic act
A declared pest mentioned in schedule 3, part 2, may be kept by any entity for performing a magic act for members of the public on payment of a fee.
s 8D
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8E
Scientific research generally
A declared pest mentioned in schedule 3, part 3, may be kept by a following entity for scientific research—
(a)
a tertiary institution;
(b)
an entity that performs medical research.
s 8E
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8F
Scientific research about the pest
A class 1 pest or class 2 pest may be kept by a following entity for scientific research about the pest—
(a)
a government entity;
(b)
CSIRO;
(c)
a tertiary institution.
s 8F
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8G
Display in zoo or filming for prescribed film or television production
A declared pest mentioned in schedule 3, part 4, may be kept—
(a)
by an entity in charge of a zoo for display at the zoo; or
(b)
by an entity that is in the business of making film or television productions for filming the pest for a prescribed film or television production.
s 8G
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8H
Hunting in game park
A declared pest mentioned in schedule 3, part 5, may be kept by an entity in charge of a game park for hunting the pest, for a recreational purpose, in the game park.
s 8H
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8I
Commercial use
A declared pest mentioned in schedule 3, part 6, may be kept by any entity for commercial use.
s 8I
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
8J
Maintaining populations
(1)
A declared pest may be kept by a government entity for maintaining populations of biological control organisms for declared pests.
(2)
A class 2 pest plant may be kept by a local government or a community organisation for maintaining populations of biological control organisms for declared pest plants.
s 8J
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 6
Part 3
Stock route network management
9
Stock routes
A road or route shown as a stock route on the series of maps called Stock Route Network of Queensland held by the department in which chapter 3 of the Act is administered is declared to be a stock route for the Act.
Editor’s note—
chapter 3 (Stock route network management) of the Act
s 9
amd 2008 SL No. 38
s 20
10
Local governments required to prepare stock route network management plans—Act, s 104
A local government mentioned in schedule 4 is prescribed for section 104 of the Act.
10A
Prescribed market value of seized stock—Act, s 170
For section 170
(2) of the Act, the amount prescribed is $1000.
s 10A
ins 2004 SL No. 175
s 8
Part 4
Pest operational board for rabbits
11
Establishment and directors of board
(1)
The Darling Downs–Moreton Rabbit Board is established.
(2)
The number of directors of the board is 6.
12
Declared pest and operational area for board
The board is to manage rabbits in the part of the State shown as the Darling Downs–Moreton Rabbit District (the rabbit district) on map number RF01 held by the department.
Part 5
Miscellaneous
13
Interest on amounts payable
For sections 80
(1)
(b)
(ii), 83
(4), 153
(2) and 159
(2) of the Act, interest is calculated on a daily basis using the Reserve Bank of Australia’s official cash rate for the day.
14
Annual payments by local governments
(1)
For section 187
(2) of the Act, the maximum amount a local government may be required to pay for a financial year is the amount calculated using the formula—
MA = R x X
(2)
In this section—
MA means the maximum amount a local government is required to pay for a financial year.
R means the average annual amount of general rates levied for all parcels of rateable land in the area that is or becomes the local government’s local government area for the 3 most recent financial years for which the chief executive has information about the amount of general rates levied for parcels of rateable land in the area.
rateable land has the meaning given by the
Local Government Act 2009
, section 93 or the
City of Brisbane Act 2010
, section 95.
X, for each of the following local governments, means the percentage stated for the local government—
(a)
a very large urban local government whose area is entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—0.4%;
(b)
a very large urban local government whose area is not entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—0.2%;
(c)
a large urban local government whose area is entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—1.3%;
(d)
a large urban local government whose area is not entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—0.3%;
(e)
a small urban local government whose area is entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—4%;
(f)
a small urban local government whose area is not entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—1%;
(g)
a rural local government whose area is entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—15%;
(h)
a rural local government whose area is not entirely or partly in the rabbit district or benefited by a declared pest fence—8%.
s 14
amd 2008 SL No. 38
s 21; 2013 SL No. 104
s 3
15
Prescribed entities for nominating persons as protection council members—Act, s 193
For section 193
(1)
(g) of the Act, the following entities are prescribed for nominating the number of persons stated for the entity—
(a)
Agforce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers ABN 21 241 679 171—3;
(b)
Queensland Cane Growers Organisation Ltd ACN 089 992 969—1;
(c)
Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation Ltd ACN 090 629 066—1;
(d)
Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers Ltd ACN 090 816 827—1.
s 15
amd 2011 Act No. 34
s 31
sch 1; 2013 SL No. 104
s 4
16
Inspecting maps and other information
(1)
This section applies to—
(a)
the building line mentioned in section 6; and
(b)
a stock route mentioned in section 9; and
(c)
the rabbit district.
(2)
The exact location of the building line and boundary of the rabbit district is also held in digital electronic form by the department.
(2A)
The exact location of the stock route is also held in digital electronic form by the department in which chapter 3 of the Act is administered.
(3)
The information held in digital electronic form can be reduced or enlarged to show details of the building line, stock route or boundary of the rabbit district in relation to the boundaries of parcels of land intersected by the building line, stock route or boundary of the rabbit district.
(4)
A person may—
(a)
inspect a map mentioned in section 6 or 12, or the information held in digital electronic form, free of charge, at the department’s head office when the office is open to the public; and
Editor’s note—
The department’s head office is at Primary Industries Building, 80 Ann Street, Brisbane.
(b)
inspect a map mentioned in section 9, or the information held in digital electronic form, free of charge, at the head office of the department in which chapter 3 of the Act is administered, when the office is open to the public; and
Editor’s note—
At the commencement of this section, the head office of the department in which chapter 3 of the Act is administered is at Mineral House, 41 George Street, Brisbane.
(c)
on payment of the fee that is reasonable, but not more than the actual cost to the department, or the department in which chapter 3 of the Act is administered, of providing the copy, obtain a copy of details of the map or the information.
s 16
amd 2008 SL No. 38
s 22
17
Fees
(1)
The fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 5.
(2)
The fee payable for a stock route agistment permit is the reasonable amount—
(a)
of not less than the minimum, or more than the maximum, amount stated in the schedule; and
(b)
decided by the issuing entity having regard to the following—
(i)
the type of country and the stock being agisted under the permit;
(ii)
the quality of pasture available for the agistment;
(iii)
the accessibility of water for the agistment;
(iv)
the proposed use of travelling stock facilities under the permit;
(v)
comparable agistment rates in the area.
(3)
If, after a stock route travel permit is replaced under section 141 of the Act because of a change of particulars in it the permit fee payable under the replacement permit is more than the amount paid by the permit holder, the permit holder must pay the additional amount to the issuing entity.
(4)
If, after a stock route travel permit is replaced under section 141 of the Act because of a change of particulars in it the permit fee payable under the replacement permit is less than the amount paid by the permit holder, the issuing entity must refund the additional amount paid.
(5)
A permit fee is not payable for—
(a)
unweaned stock of less than 6 months travelling with their mothers under a stock route travel permit; or
(b)
stock travelling to a gymkhana or rodeo; or
(c)
horses used for droving stock under a stock route travel permit.
Schedule 1
Mammals, reptiles and amphibians that are not class 1 pests
section 4
(a)
(i)
1
Mammals, reptiles and amphibians mentioned in schedule 2, part 2 or 3.
2
Mammals, reptiles and amphibians indigenous to Australia, including marine mammals of the orders Pinnipedia, Sirenia or Cetacea.
3
Each of the following—
•
alpaca (Lama pacos)
•
asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
•
axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
•
Bali cattle (Bos javanicus and B. sondaicus)
•
bison or American buffalo (Bison bison)
•
black rat (Rattus rattus)
•
camel (Camelus dromedarius)
•
cane toad (Bufo marinus)
•
cattle (Bos spp.)
•
chital (axis) deer (Axis axis), other than a feral chital (axis) deer
•
domestic cat (Felis catus)
•
domestic dog (Canis familiaris)
•
domestic goat (Capra hircus)
•
donkey (Equus asinus)
•
European hare (Lepus capensis)
•
fallow deer (Dama dama), other than a feral fallow deer
•
guanicoe (Lama guanicoe)
•
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
•
horse (Equus caballus)
•
house mouse (Mus musculus)
•
llama (Lama glama)
•
mule (Equus caballus x Equus asinus)
•
pig, other than a feral pig (Sus scrofa)
•
red deer (Cervus elaphus), other than a feral red deer
•
rusa deer (Cervus timorensis), other than a feral rusa deer
•
sewer rat (Rattus norvegicus)
•
sheep (Ovis aries)
•
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
sch 1 amd 2004 SL No. 175 s 9; 2009 SL No. 50 s 3
Schedule 2
Class 1 pest plants, and class 2 and 3 pests
section 4
(b) to (d)
Part 1
Class 1 pests
1
The following plants—
•
acacias non-indigenous to Australia (Acaciella spp., Mariosousa spp., Senegalia spp. (other than Senegalia albizoides) and Acacia spp. (syn. Vachellia spp.) other than Acacia nilotica and Acacia farnesiana)
•
alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
•
anchored water hyacinth (Eichhornia azurea)
•
badhara bush (Gmelina elliptica)
•
bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata)
•
bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides)
•
candleberry myrth (Myrica faya)
•
Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana)
•
cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia spp. and hybrids, other than C. spinosior, C. fulgida and C. imbricata)
•
Christ’s thorn (Ziziphus spina-christi)
•
Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
•
fanwort (Cabomba spp. other than C. caroliniana)
•
floating water chestnuts (Trapa spp.)
•
gorse (Ulex europaeus)
•
harrisia cactus (Harrisia spp. syn. Eriocereus spp. other than H. martinii, H. tortuosa and H. pomanensis syn. Cereus pomanensis)
•
honey locust (Gleditsia spp. including cultivars and varieties)
•
horsetails (Equisetum spp.)
•
hygrophila (Hygrophila costata)
•
kochia (Bassia scoparia syn. Kochia scoparia)
•
Koster’s curse (Clidemia hirta)
•
lagarosiphon (Lagarosiphon major)
•
limnocharis or yellow burrhead (Limnocharis flava)
•
Madras thorn (Pithecellobium dulce)
•
mesquites (all Prosopis spp. and hybrids other than Prosopis glandulosa, Prosopis pallida and Prosopis velutina)
•
Mexican bean tree (all Cecropia spp.)
•
Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima)
•
miconia (Miconia spp.)
•
mikania vine (Mikania spp.)
•
mimosa pigra (Mimosa pigra)
•
Peruvian primrose bush (Ludwigia peruviana)
•
prickly pear (Opuntia spp. other than O. ficus-indica, O. stricta, O. aurantiaca, O. monacantha, O. tomentosa and O. streptacantha)
•
red sesbania (Sesbania punicea)
•
salvinias (Salvinia spp. other than S. molesta)
•
Senegal tea (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides)
•
serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
•
Siam weed (Chromolaena spp.)
•
spiked pepper (Piper aduncum)
•
thunbergias with the following names—
•
annual thunbergia (Thunbergia annua)
•
fragrant thunbergia (T. fragrans)
•
laurel clockvine (T. laurifolia)
•
water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea and N. plena)
•
water soldiers (Stratiotes aloides)
•
willow (Salix spp. other than S. babylonica, S. humboldtiana (syn. S. chilensis), S. matsudana, S. x calodendron and S. x reichardtii)
•
witch weeds (Striga spp. other than native species)
•
yellow ginger (Hedychium flavescens).
Part 2
Class 2 pests
Division 1
Animals
2
The following animals—
•
Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera)
•
cat, other than a domestic cat (Felis catus)
•
dingo (Canis familiaris dingo)
•
dog, other than a domestic dog (Canis familiaris)
•
European fox (Vulpes vulpes)
•
European rabbit (domestic and wild breeds) (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
•
feral chital (axis) deer (Axis axis)
•
feral pig (Sus scrofa)
•
feral rusa deer (Cervus timorensis)
•
goat, other than a domestic goat (Capra hircus)
•
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
•
spur-throated locust (Austracris guttulosa).
Division 2
Plants
3
The following plants—
•
African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)
•
annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
•
belly-ache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia and hybrids)
•
cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana)
•
chinee apple (Ziziphus mauritiana)
•
cholla cacti with the following names—
•
coral cactus (Cylindropuntia fulgida)
•
devil’s rope pear (C. imbricata)
•
snake cactus (C. spinosior)
•
fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis)
•
gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus)
•
giant sensitive plant (Mimosa diplotricha var. diplotricha)
•
groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia)
•
harrisia cactus (Harrisia martinii syn. Eriocereus martinii, H. tortuosa and H. pomanensis syn. Cereus pomanensis)
•
hymenachne or Olive hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis)
•
kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata syn. P. lobata, P. triloba) other than in the Torres Strait Islands
•
mesquites (Prosopis glandulosa, P. pallida and P. velutina)
•
mother of millions (Bryophyllum delagoense syn. B. tubiflorum, Kalanchoe delagoensis)
•
mother of millions hybrid (Bryophyllum x houghtonii (syn. B. daigremontianum x B. delagoense, Kalanchoe x houghtonii)
•
parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata)
•
parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus)
•
pond apple (Annona glabra)
•
prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica)
•
prickly pears with the following names—
•
common pest pear, spiny pest pear (O. stricta syn. O. inermis)
•
drooping tree pear (O. monacantha syn. O. vulgaris)
•
tiger pear (O. aurantiaca)
•
velvety tree pear (O. tomentosa)
•
Westwood pear (O. streptacantha)
•
rat’s tail grasses with the following names—
•
American rat’s tail grass (Sporobolus jacquemontii)
•
giant Parramatta grass (Sporobolus fertilis)
•
giant rat’s tail grass (Sporobolus pyramidalis and S. natalensis)
•
Parramatta grass (Sporobolus africanus)
•
rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)
•
salvinia (Salvinia molesta)
•
sicklepods with the following names—
•
foetid cassia (Senna tora)
•
hairy cassia (Senna hirsuta)
•
sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)
•
telegraph weed (Heterotheca grandiflora)
•
thunbergia or blue thunbergia (Thunbergia grandiflora)
•
tobacco weed (Elephantopus mollis)
•
water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
•
water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes).
Part 3
Class 3 pests
Division 1
Animals
4
The following animals—
•
feral fallow deer (Dama dama)
•
feral red deer (Cervus elaphus).
Division 2
Plants
5
The following plants—
•
African fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum)
•
African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata)
•
aristolochia or Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia spp. other than native species)
•
asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus ‘Sprengeri’, A. africanus and A. plumosus)
•
athel pine (Tamarix aphylla)
•
balloon vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum)
•
blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans, Rubus fruticosus agg.)
•
broad-leaved pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius)
•
camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora)
•
Captain Cook tree or yellow oleander (Cascabela thevetia syn. Thevetia peruviana)
•
cat’s claw creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati)
•
Chinese celtis (Celtis sinensis)
•
harungana (Harungana madagascariensis)
•
kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum)
•
lantanas with the following names—
•
creeping lantana (L. montevidensis)
•
lantana or common lantana (Lantana camara)
•
Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia)
•
ornamental rubber vine (Cryptostegia madagascariensis)
•
privets with the following names—
•
broad-leaf privet or tree privet (Ligustrum lucidum)
•
small-leaf privet or Chinese privet (L. sinense)
•
Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata; syn. Wedelia trilobata)
•
white ginger (Hedychium coronarium)
•
willows with the following names—
•
pencil willow (Salix humboldtiana syn. S. chilensis)
•
tortured willow (Salix matsudana)
•
yellow bells (Tecoma stans).
sch 2 amd 2004 SL No. 175 s 10; 2007 SL No. 337 s 5; 2008 SL No. 190 s 4; 2009 SL No. 50 s 4; 2010 SL No. 220 s 3
Schedule 3
Purposes and pests for declared pest permits
sections 8B, 8D, 8E, 8G, 8H and 8I
Part 1
Circus entertainment
1
The following animals—
•
African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
•
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
•
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
•
asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
•
baboon (also hamadryus baboon or olive baboon) (Papio hamadryus)
•
bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata)
•
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
•
Celebes ape (Macaca nigra)
•
chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
•
crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
•
European rabbit (domestic breeds only) (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
•
jaguar (Panthera onca)
•
leopard (Panthera pardus)
•
lion (Panthera leo)
•
mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
•
onager (Equus onager)
•
pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
•
Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
•
rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
•
sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
•
tiger (Panthera tigris)
•
zebra (Equus burchellii).
Part 2
Magic act
2
European rabbit (domestic breeds only) (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
Part 3
Scientific research
3
The following animals—
•
African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)
•
common squirrel monkey (Saimir sciureus)
•
European rabbit (domestic and wild breeds) (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
•
owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus).
Part 4
Zoo, or prescribed film or television production
4
The following mammals—
•
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
•
addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
•
addra gazelle (Gazella dama)
•
African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
•
African porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
•
agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis)
•
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
•
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
•
asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
•
baboon (also hamadryus baboon or olive baboon) (Papio hamadryus)
•
barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia)
•
binturong (Arcticis binturong)
•
black and white-ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata variegata)
•
blackbuck antelope (Antilope cervicapra)
•
black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)
•
black gibbon (Hylobates concolor)
•
black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
•
Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
•
bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
•
bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata)
•
Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri)
•
Brazilian agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
•
Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
•
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
•
California sea-lion (Zalophus californianus)
•
Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
•
capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
•
caracal (Felis caracal)
•
Celebes ape (Macaca nigra)
•
chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
•
cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
•
chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
•
coati (Nasua nasua)
•
common eland (Taurotragus oryx)
•
common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
•
common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
•
common squirrel monkey (Saimir sciureus)
•
congo buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
•
cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
•
cougar or puma (Felis concolor)
•
crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
•
De Brazza’s guenon (Cercopithecus neglectus)
•
dingo (Canis familiaris dingo)
•
eastern black and white colobus (Colobus guereza)
•
emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator)
•
European fox (Vulpes vulpes)
•
European rabbit (wild breeds only) (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
•
feral pig (Sus scrofa)
•
ferret (Mustela putorius)
•
fishing cat (Felis viverrinas)
•
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
•
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
•
goat, other than a domestic goat (Capra hircus)
•
golden lion-tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
•
Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellow)
•
gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
•
Grant’s gazelle (Gazella granti)
•
greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
•
green agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
•
Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyii)
•
grey dorcopsis (Dorcopsis luctuosa)
•
hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus)
•
harbour seal (Phoca vitulina richardii)
•
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
•
hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock)
•
Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica)
•
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
•
jaguar (Panthera onca)
•
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
•
Kloss’s gibbon (Hylobates klossii)
•
lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
•
leaf monkey (Trachypithecus spp.)
•
leopard (Panthera pardus)
•
lion (Panthera leo)
•
lion-tail macaque (Macaca silenus)
•
lion tamarin (Leontopithecus spp.)
•
Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
•
mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
•
marsh antelope (Kobus leche kafuensis)
•
meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
•
nilgai (Boselaphus tragocemelus)
•
North American otter (Lontra canadensis)
•
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
•
ocelot (Felis pardalis)
•
onager (Equus onager)
•
orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus)
•
Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)
•
pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
•
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
•
Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
•
pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
•
pygmy marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea)
•
red-handed tamarin or golden-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas)
•
red panda or lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens)
•
red-ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata rubra)
•
rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
•
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
•
sable antelope (Hippotragus niger)
•
scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah)
•
serval (Felis serval)
•
siameng (Hylobates syndactylus)
•
silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch)
•
sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii)
•
small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus)
•
smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
•
snow leopard (Uncia uncia)
•
spider monkey (Ateles spp.)
•
stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
•
Sulawesi crested macaque (Macaca nigra nigra)
•
sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
•
tiger (Panthera tigris)
•
two-toed sloth or Hoffman’s sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
•
waterbuck (Kobus ellipsipyrmnus)
•
white-cheeked gibbon (Hylobates leucogenys)
•
white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)
•
white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
•
white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
•
zebra (Equus burchellii).
5
The following reptiles—
•
aldabra tortoise and aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys elephantina)
•
alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)
•
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
•
Asian box turtle (Siebenrockiella crasscicollis)
•
banded Fijian iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
•
boa constrictor (Boa constrictor)
•
Burmese or Indian python (Python molurus)
•
Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata)
•
common box turtle (Terrapene carolina)
•
common cooter or Florida slider (Pseudemys floridana)
•
common map turtle (Graptemys geographica)
•
common mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum)
•
common or green iguana (Iguana iguana)
•
common or yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta)
•
common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
•
corn snake or red rat-snake (Elaphe guttata)
•
crested Fijian iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)
•
emerald or green lizard (Lacerta viridis)
•
emerald tree-boa (Corallus caninus)
•
false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)
•
Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
•
Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra)
•
giant-plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus validus)
•
Honduran milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis)
•
Jackson’s chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksonii)
•
jewelled or ocellated lizard (Lacerta lepida)
•
komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
•
loggerhead musk-turtle or musk turtle (Sternotherus minor)
•
Madagascar gekko (Phelsuma madagascariensis)
•
Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis)
•
mata mata (Chelus fimbriatus)
•
Mexican musk turtle or Mexican mud-turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus)
•
New Guinea crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae)
•
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus)
•
painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
•
Philippine water lizard or sail-fin lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
•
radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata)
•
rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria)
•
reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
•
rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
•
Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii syn. Testudo horsfieldii)
•
Solomon Island tree skink (Corucia zebrata)
•
spiny turtle or spiny terrapin (Heosemys spinosa)
•
spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)
•
spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)
•
tokay (Gekko gecko)
•
veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
•
yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus)
•
yellow-margined box turtle (Cistoclemmys flavomarginata)
•
yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens).
6
The following amphibians—
•
African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
•
dyeing poison-arrow frog (Dendrobates tinctorius).
Part 5
Game park
7
The following animals—
•
barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia)
•
blackbuck antelope (Antilope cervicapra).
•
hog deer (Axis porcinus)
•
sambar deer (Rusa unicolor, syn: Cervus unicolor)
Part 6
Commercial use
8
The following animals—
•
feral chital (axis) deer (Axis axis)
•
feral fallow deer (Dama dama)
•
feral pig (Sus scrofa)
•
feral red deer (Cervus elaphus)
•
feral rusa deer (Cervus timorensis)
•
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).
9
Class 2 pest plants.
sch 3 amd 2004 SL No. 175 s 11; 2008 SL No. 190 s 5; 2009 SL No. 50 s 5; 2013 SL No. 104 s 5; 2015 SL No. 4 s 3
Schedule 4
Local governments required to prepare stock route network management plans
section 10
Balonne Shire Council
Banana Shire Council
Barcaldine Regional Council
Barcoo Shire Council
Blackall Tambo Regional Council
Boulia Shire Council
Bulloo Shire Council
Central Highlands Regional Council
Charters Towers Regional Council
Cloncurry Shire Council
Diamantina Shire Council
Flinders Shire Council
Goondiwindi Regional Council
Isaac Regional Council
Longreach Regional Council
Maranoa Regional Council
McKinlay Shire Council
Mount Isa City Council
Murweh Shire Council
Paroo Shire Council
Quilpie Shire Council
Richmond Shire Council
Western Downs Regional Council
Winton Shire Council
sch 4 sub 2008 SL No. 38 s 23
amd 2010 SL No. 13 s 14
Schedule 5
Fees
section 17
$
1
Declared pest permit (Act, s 58(2)(b)(i))—
(a)
for a purpose mentioned in schedule 3, part 1, 4 or 5—
(i)
application fee
295.50
(ii)
permit fee
221.55
(b)
for another purpose mentioned in schedule 3—
(i)
application fee
44.15
(ii)
permit fee
88.55
2
Inspecting register of pest control and entry notices (Act, s 86(3))
14.50
3
Permit fee for stock route agistment permit (Act, s 116(5))—
(a)
for large stock—
(i)
minimum fee, for each head, for each week
1.05
(ii)
maximum fee, for each head, for each week
2.55
(b)
for small stock—
(i)
minimum fee, for each head, for each week
0.10
(ii)
maximum fee, for each head, for each week
0.40
4
Permit fee for stock route travel permit (Act, s 134(3))—
(a)
for large stock—for each kilometre, for each 20 head or part of 20 head
0.02
(b)
for small stock—for each kilometre, for each 100 head or part of 100 head
0.02
5
Inspecting register of water facility agreements (Act, s 164(3)(a))
14.50
sch 5 sub 2004 SL No. 67 s 20
amd 2004 SL No. 175 s 12
sub 2005 SL No. 103 s 16; 2006 SL No. 110 s 18
amd 2007 SL No. 98 s 12
sub 2007 SL No. 232 s 18
amd 2008 SL No. 149 s 10
sub 2008 SL No. 314 s 31
amd 2009 SL No. 137 s 10; 2009 SL No. 176 s 31; 2010 SL No. 146 s 13; 2010 SL No. 162 s 20; 2010 SL No. 268 s 13
sub 2011 SL No. 110 s 16
amd 2011 SL No. 135 s 20; 2012 SL No. 92 s 27; 2012 SL No. 105 s 27; 2013 SL No. 104 s 6; 2013 SL No. 84 s 28; 2013 SL No. 102 s 21; 2014 SL No. 78 s 29; 2014 SL No. 113 s 24
sub 2015 SL No. 39 s 35
amd 2015 SL No. 57 s 22
Schedule 6
Dictionary
section 3
circus means an entity that—
(a)
provides entertainment to the public on an itinerant basis; and
(b)
keeps a variety of animals that—
(i)
are trained to perform activities to entertain a fee-paying audience; and
(ii)
are cared for by persons who have a high level of experience in professionally caring for animals.
class 2 pest animal means a declared pest animal that is a class 2 pest.
def class 2 pest animal ins 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(2)
class 2 pest plant means a declared pest plant that is a class 2 pest.
def class 2 pest plant ins 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(2)
dingo ...
def dingo om 2007 SL No. 337 s 6
domestic cat means a cat that is fed and kept by someone.
domestic dog means a dog, other than a dingo, that is fed and kept by someone.
domestic goat means a goat that is tethered or restrained in another way, or kept in an enclosure that prevents the goat from escaping.
feral, in relation to a deer, means a deer that—
(a)
is living in a wild state; and
(b)
is not being farmed or kept for any other purpose within a deer-proof enclosure, cage or other structure.
def feral ins 2009 SL No. 50 s 6
feral pig means a pig that has all of the following morphological features—
(a)
an elongated snout;
(b)
long coarse hair;
(c)
sloping hindquarters.
def feral pig amd 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(3)
game park means a place—
(a)
at which various animal species are kept securely in cages or other enclosures that prevent the animals escaping; and
(b)
that—
(i)
is either an island or is enclosed by a fence; and
(ii)
is commonly used by persons for hunting, for a recreational purpose, animals kept at the place; and
(iii)
is operated by a person who has a high level of experience in animal husbandry for animals of the type kept at the place.
def game park ins 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(2)
government entity means a government entity under the
Public Service Act 2008
, section 24.
def government entity amd 2008 SL No. 209 s 20 sch 2
indigenous to Australia, for an animal or plant, means—
(a)
an animal or plant that was not originally introduced to Australia by human intervention, other than animals or plants introduced before the year 1600; or
(b)
an animal or plant that periodically or occasionally migrates to, or visits, Australia.
kept, for part 2, division 2, see section 8A.
def kept ins 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(2)
large stock means alpacas, asses, camels, cattle, donkeys, horses, llamas, mules or vicunas.
large urban local government means a local government that has a population of more than 70,000 but fewer than 200,001.
def large urban local government amd 2008 SL No. 38 s 24(2)
non-indigenous, for an animal or plant, means an animal or plant that is not indigenous to Australia.
prescribed education program, for part 2, division 2, see section 8A.
def prescribed education program ins 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(2)
prescribed film or television production means a film or television production in the form of a story, narrative or documentary.
def prescribed film or television production ins 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(2)
prescribed standard of competency, in zookeeping, means a standard of competency in animal care and management that the chief executive is satisfied is—
(a)
relevant to zookeeping; and
(b)
consistent with the national competency standards endorsed by the entity known as the Australian National Training Authority.
def prescribed standard of competency ins 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(2)
rabbit district see section 12.
rural local government means a local government that has a population of not more than 20,000.
small stock means goats and sheep.
small urban local government means a local government that has a population of more than 20,000 but fewer than 70,001.
very large urban local government means a local government that has a population of at least 200,001.
def very large urban local government ins 2008 SL No. 38 s 24(1)
zoo means a place, including, for example, a theme park or wildlife park—
(a)
at which various animal species are—
(i)
kept securely in cages or other enclosures that prevent the animals escaping; and
(ii)
cared for by persons who have—
(A)
a high level of experience in professionally caring for animals; and
(B)
a prescribed standard of competency in zookeeping; and
(iii)
displayed, for viewing by the public—
(A)
at least 5 days a week; and
(B)
in most weeks of a year; and
(C)
on payment of a fee or as a community service provided by a local government; and
(b)
that is enclosed by a fence.
def zoo sub 2004 SL No. 175 s 13(1)–(2)