Nature Conservation Amendment Act 1997 (Qld)

Queensland NATURE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT ACT 1997 Act No. 8 of 1997

Queensland NATURE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT ACT 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 62 (Restriction on taking etc. of cultural and natural resources of protected areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Queensland Nature Conservation Amendment Act 1997 Act No. 8 of 1997 An Act to amend the Nature Conservation Act 1992 [Assented to 15 May 1997]

s1 4 Nature Conservation Amendment The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s4 No. 8, 1997 ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Nature Conservation Amendment Act 1997 . ˙ Commencement 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. ˙ Act amended 3. This Act amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992 . ˙ Amendment of s 62 (Restriction on taking etc. of cultural and natural resources of protected areas) 4. Section 62(4) and (5)— omit, insert — ‘ (4) Despite subsection (1) and section 15, 1 but subject to the conditions prescribed under a regulation, a person may take— (a) a fish in a prescribed place; or (b) an invertebrate animal in a prescribed place for use as bait to take fish under paragraph (a); or (c) a mud crab ( Scylla serrata ) in a prescribed place. ‘ (5) However, subsection (4) does not authorise a person to take— (a) an animal for a commercial purpose; or (b) an animal prescribed under this Act as threatened or rare wildlife; or 1 Section 15 (Management of protected areas)

s4 5 s4 Nature Conservation Amendment No. 8, 1997 (c) an animal prescribed under a regulation for this paragraph. ‘ (6) Also, subsection (4) does not, in itself, authorise a person to enter a prescribed place. ‘ (7) In this section— “national park” includes a national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land). “prescribed place” means a national park, or part of a national park, prescribed under a regulation for subsection (4)(a), (b) or (c).’ © State of Queensland 1997