Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2023 (Qld)

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2023.

Part 2    Amendment of Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014

2   Regulation amended

This part amends the Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014.

3   Amendment of s 6 (Environmental offsets policy—Act, s 12)

Section 6, ‘(version 1.14)’—
omit, insert—

(version 1.15)

Part 3    Amendment of Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020

4   Regulation amended

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

5   Amendment of s 21 (Categories of animals)

Section 21(3), ‘animal’—
omit, insert—

or international animal

6   Amendment of s 25 (Authorised keeper in another State)

Section 25(2)(a), after ‘buy’—
insert—

, accept or receive

7   Amendment of s 26 (Authorised keeper in another country)

Section 26(2)(a), after ‘buy’—
insert—

, accept or receive

8   Insertion of new s 30A

After section 30—
insert—

30A   Persons dealing with dead protected animals at request of authorised person

A person requested by an authorised person to deal with a dead protected animal may—

(a)move the animal to a place identified by the authorised person; or

(b)otherwise deal with the animal in the way directed by the authorised person.

9   Amendment of s 55 (Dealing with sick, injured and orphaned protected animals)

(1)Section 55(2), after ‘the following activities’—
insert—

to treat or care for the animal

(2)Section 55(2)(c)—
insert—

(iia)the veterinary premises of a veterinary surgeon in the State for treatment or care for the animal; or

(3)Section 55(2)(c)(iia) and (iii)—
renumber as section 55(2)(c)(iii) and (iv).

10   Amendment of s 56 (Requirement to notify chief executive or give animal away)

(1)Section 56(2), after paragraph (a)—
insert—

(aa)give the animal to a veterinary surgeon; or

(2)Section 56(2)(aa) and (b)—
renumber as section 56(2)(b) and (c).

11   Insertion of new s 60AA

After section 60—
insert—

60AA    Veterinary surgeons performing or supervising autopsies

(1)This section applies in relation to a dead protected, international or prohibited animal.

(2)A veterinary surgeon, or a person being supervised by a veterinary surgeon, may use the animal to perform an autopsy, regardless of whether the animal died before or after the surgeon received it.

12   Insertion of new s 77A

After section 77—
insert—

77A   Moving dead animals to and from veterinary surgeon for autopsy

(1)This section applies if an authorised animal kept under an animal authority dies.

(2)The holder of the animal authority, or relevant person for the holder, may move the animal—

(a)from the place where the animal is being kept (the place of keeping) to the veterinary premises of a veterinary surgeon for performing an autopsy on the animal; or

(b)from the veterinary premises of a veterinary surgeon who performed or supervised an autopsy on the animal to the place of keeping.

13   Insertion of new sch 1, s 1A

Schedule 1, before section 2—
insert—

1A   Amphibians

Scientific name	Common name
Rheobatrachus vitellinus	northern gastric brooding frog

14   Amendment of sch 1, s 19 (Amphibians)

(1)Schedule 1, section 19, entries for Philoria kundagungan and Rheobatrachus vitellinus—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 19—
insert—

Philoria knowlesi	Mount Ballow mountain frog
Philoria kundagungan	red-and-yellow mountain frog

15   Amendment of sch 1, s 21 (Fish)

Schedule 1, section 21—
insert—

Mordacia praecox non-parasitic lamprey

16   Amendment of sch 1, s 24 (Reptiles)

Schedule 1, section 24—
insert—

Phyllurus caudiannulatus	ringed thin-tailed gecko
Rheodytes leukops	Fitzroy River turtle

17   Amendment of sch 1, s 28 (Amphibians)

Schedule 1, section 28, entries for Cophixalus saxatilis and Cophixalus zweifeli—
omit.

18   Amendment of sch 1, s 31 (Invertebrates)

Schedule 1, section 31, entry for Nacaduba pactolus cela—
omit.

19   Amendment of sch 1, s 33 (Reptiles)

Schedule 1, section 33, entries for Phyllurus caudiannulatus and Rheodytes leukops—
omit.

20   Amendment of sch 1, s 47 (Invertebrates)

Schedule 1, section 47(3)—
insert—

Nacaduba pactolus cela bold blue-line

Part 4    Amendment of Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020

21   Regulation amended

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

22   Replacement of s 8 (Scientific names)

Section 8—
omit, insert—

8   Scientific names

The scientific names used for plants mentioned in this regulation follow the names used in the most recent census of the Queensland flora and fungi—

(a)prepared by the Queensland Herbarium; and

(b)available on the Queensland Government Open Data Portal.

Editor’s note—

The Queensland Government Open Data Portal is at of sch 1, s 9 (Plants)

Schedule 1, section 9—
insert—

Amomum queenslandicum

Calyptochloa johnsoniana

Coleus fragrantissimus

Gossia hillii

Gymnema stramineum

Parsonsia sankowskyana

Parsonsia wongabelensis

24   Amendment of sch 1, s 13 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 13, entries for Kardomia granitica, Lepisanthes senegalensis, Parsonsia sankowskyana and Parsonsia wongabelensis—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 13—
insert—

Acacia parvifoliolata

Acacia pedleyi

Actephila bella

Argophyllum ferrugineum

Argophyllum palumense

Bubbia queenslandiana subsp. queenslandiana

Dioclea hexandra

Freycinetia marginata

Leptospermum barneyense

Lissanthe brevistyla

Mallotus megadontus

Romnalda ophiopogonoides

Symplocos crassiramifera

25   Amendment of sch 1, s 17 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 17, entries for Acacia pedleyi, Actephila bella, Amomum queenslandicum, Dioclea hexandra, Euodia hylandii, Freycinetia marginata, Gymnema stramineum, Hibbertia cymosa, Hypserpa polyandra, Kardomia squarrulosa, Leptospermum barneyense, Leptospermum luehmannii, Leptospermum venustum, Lissanthe brevistyla, Mallotus megadontus, Romnalda ophiopogonoides, Sannantha brachypoda and Symplocos crassiramifera—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 17—
insert—

Aggreflorum luehmannii

Argophyllum iridescens

Gaudium venustum

Goodenia nocoleche

Goodenia stirlingii

Hypserpa polyandra var. polyandra

Kardomia granitica

Lepisanthes senegalensis

26   Amendment of sch 1, s 21 (Plants)

(1)Schedule 1, section 21, entries for Anacolosa papuana, Bubbia queenslandiana subsp. queenslandiana, Goodenia nocoleche, Goodenia stirlingii and Leptospermum pallidum—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 21—
insert—

Aggreflorum pallidum

Anacolosa australis

Argophyllum curtum

Argophyllum heterodontum

Euodia hylandii

Hibbertia cymosa

Kardomia squarrulosa

Sannantha brachypoda