Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 (Qld)

Queensland Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Subordinate Legislation 2008 No. 21 made under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 Nature Conservation Act 1992 Contents Part 1 1 Part 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 Part 3 8 9 10 Part 4 11 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 6F (General definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 50 (Criteria for deciding waiver application) . . . 3 Amendment of s 52 (Fees for environmental management programs) .................................... 3 Amendment of s 57 (Register of environmental management programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) Conservation Plan 2000 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Omission of s 7 (Restriction on taking and using least concern plants) ....................................... 5 Amendment of s 40 (Purpose of pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management)Regulation 2006 Regulation amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Contents 12 Replacement of s 181 (Purpose of permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Purpose of permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Replacement of s 182 (General restriction about animals for which permit may be granted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 General restriction about animals for which permit may be granted ......................... 14 Insertion of new s 187A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187A Particular activities affecting flying-foxes authorised . 15 Omission of s 243 (Restriction on using or moving least concern plants) ................................. 16 Insertion of new s 249A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249A Use or movement of protected plants authorised under conservation plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 Page 2 2008 SL No. 21

Part 1 Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 . Part 2 Amendment of Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the EnvironmentalProtectionRegulation1998. 3 Amendment of s 6F (General definition) Section 6F(b)— omit, insert— ‘(b) a transitional environmental program;’. 4 Amendment of s 50 (Criteria for deciding waiver application) Section 50(3)(e), ‘an environmental management program’— omit, insert— ‘a transitional environmental program’. 5 Amendment of s 52 (Fees for environmental management programs) (1) Section 52, heading, ‘environmental management programs’— 2008 SL No. 21 Page 3

Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Part 2 Amendment of Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 [s 6] omit, insert— ‘ transitional environmental programs ’. (2) Section 52(1), ‘environmental management program’— omit, insert— ‘transitional environmental program’. (3) Section 52(2), ‘an environmental management program’— omit, insert— ‘a transitional environmental program’. 6 Amendment of s 57 (Register of environmental management programs) (1) Section 57, heading, ‘environmental management programs’— omit, insert— ‘ transitional environmental programs ’. (2) Section 57(1), ‘environmental management programs’— omit, insert— ‘transitional environmental programs’. 7 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) Schedule 9, definition continuing chapter 4 activity — omit. Page 4 2008 SL No. 21

Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Part 3 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) Conservation Plan 2000 [s 8] Part 3 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) Conservation Plan 2000 8 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) Conservation Plan 2000. 9 Omission of s 7 (Restriction on taking and using least concern plants) Section 7— omit. 10 Amendment of s 40 (Purpose of pt 4) Section 40, ‘and section 7’— omit. Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 11 Regulation amended in pt 4 This part amends the NatureConservation(WildlifeManagement) Regulation 2006. 12 Replacement of s 181 (Purpose of permit) Section 181— omit, insert— 2008 SL No. 21 Page 5

Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 [s 13] ‘181 Purpose of permit ‘(1) The purpose of a damage mitigation permit for animals is to allow a person to do an authorised act affecting a protected animal if the animal— (a) is causing, or may cause, damage to property; or (b) represents a threat to human health or wellbeing. ‘(2) In this section— authorised act , affecting a protected animal, means any of the following— (a) taking, keeping or using the animal; (b) if the protected animal is a flying-fox— (i) destroying a flying-fox roost used by the animal; or (ii) driving away the animal from a flying-fox roost; or (iii) disturbing the animal in a flying-fox roost.’. 13 Replacement of s 182 (General restriction about animals for which permit may be granted) Section 182— omit, insert— ‘182 General restriction about animals for which permit may be granted ‘(1) The chief executive may grant a damage mitigation permit only for— (a) a near threatened or least concern animal; or (b) an endangered, vulnerable or rare animal. ‘(2) However, the chief executive may grant a damage mitigation permit for an animal mentioned in subsection (1)(b) only if a conservation plan authorises the holder of a damage mitigation permit to do any of the following under the permit— (a) take the animal; Page 6 2008 SL No. 21

Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 [s 14] (b) if the animal is a flying fox— (i) destroy a flying-fox roost used by the animal; or (ii) drive away the animal from a flying-fox roost; or (iii) disturb the animal in a flying-fox roost.’. 14 Insertion of new s 187A Chapter 3, part 4, division 2, subdivision 3— insert— ‘187A Particular activities affecting flying-foxes authorised ‘(1) This section applies if a damage mitigation permit is for flying-foxes. ‘(2) The holder of the permit, or a relevant person for the holder, may do the following— (a) if it is stated on the permit that the holder may destroy a flying-fox roost used by flying-foxes—destroy the flying-fox roost in the way stated on the permit; (b) if it is stated on the permit that the holder may drive away flying-foxes from a flying-fox roost—drive away flying-foxes from the flying-fox roost in the way stated on the permit, including, for example, using a device of a type stated on the permit; (c) if it is stated on the permit that the holder may disturb flying-foxes in a flying-fox roost—disturb flying-foxes in the flying-fox roost in the way stated on the permit.’. 15 Omission of s 243 (Restriction on using or moving least concern plants) Section 243— omit. 16 Insertion of new s 249A After section 249— 2008 SL No. 21 Page 7

Environmental Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 [s 17] insert— ‘249A Use or movement of protected plants authorised under conservation plan ‘A person may use or move a protected plant if the use or movement is authorised under the Protected Plants Conservation Plan. Note — For exemptions and authorisations for taking, using and keeping protected plants under the Protected Plants Conservation Plan, see part 4 of that conservation plan.’. 17 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) Schedule 4— insert— ‘ drive away , a flying-fox from a flying-fox roost, see section 88C(6) of the Act. flying-fox means a protected animal of the genus Pteropus . flying-fox roost see section 88C(6) of the Act.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 7 February 2008. 2 Notified in the gazette on 8 February 2008. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Environmental Protection Agency. © State of Queensland 2008 Page 8 2008 SL No. 21