Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 376 Nature Conservation Act 1992 State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 NATURE CONSERVATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 4) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION REGULATION 1994 3 Regulation amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new s 148A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 148A Exemption for protected shark in particular circumstances. . . . . . . . 2 5 Insertion of new s 414A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 414A Procedure for taking protected sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of sch 10 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION (WILDLIFE) REGULATION 1994 7 Regulation amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of sch 2 (Endangered wildlife) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 4—AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT REGULATION 2000 9 Regulation amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of sch 2 (Environmental legislation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s4 Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 No. 376, 2003 PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 . 2 Commencement The regulation, other than part 4, commences on 8 March 2004. PART 2—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION REGULATION 1994 3 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the Nature Conservation Regulation 1994. 4 Insertion of new s 148A After section 148— insert— ‘148A Exemption for protected shark in particular circumstances ‘ (1) Subject to section 414A, 1 a person may take a protected shark, without a relevant authority for taking the shark, if the person— (a) is authorised by the DPI chief executive to take the shark under a shark control program; or (b) takes the shark under a shark control contract. ‘ (2) In this section— “DPI chief executive” means the chief executive of the department in which the Fisheries Act 1994 is administered. 1 Section 414A (Procedure for taking protected sharks)

s5 3 s6 Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 No. 376, 2003 “shark control contract” means an agreement between a person and the State for the disposal, tagging or taking of sharks under a shark control program. “shark control program” means a program, administered by the DPI chief executive, for the disposal, tagging or taking of sharks to protect persons from attack by sharks.’. 5 Insertion of new s 414A After section 414— insert— ‘414A Procedure for taking protected sharks ‘ (1) This section applies if a person takes a protected shark under section 148A. 2 ‘ (2) The person must— (a) if the shark is sick or injured or dead— (i) as soon as practicable, notify a conservation officer about the shark and the circumstances in which the shark was taken; and (ii) if the officer directs the person to deal with the shark in a particular way—deal with the shark in the way directed; or (b) otherwise—return it to the waters from which it was taken. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units. ‘ (3) A conservation officer may give a direction under subsection (2)(a)(ii) only if the direction is reasonable in the circumstances.’. 6 Amendment of sch 10 (Dictionary) Schedule 10— insert— ‘ “shark” means a cartilaginous fish of the superorder Euselachii.’. 2 Section 148A (Exemption for protected shark in particular circumstances)

s 7 4 s 10 Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 No. 376, 2003 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION (WILDLIFE) REGULATION 1994 7 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 1994. 8 Amendment of sch 2 (Endangered wildlife) Schedule 2, section 8— insert— ‘ Carcharias taurus (Last, P.R. and grey nurse shark’. Stevens, J.D., (1994), Sharks and Rays of Australia , CSIRO, Australia) PART 4—AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT REGULATION 2000 9 Regulation amended in pt 4 This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2000. 10 Amendment of sch 2 (Environmental legislation) Schedule 2, entry for Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 1997— insert — ‘s 46B(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46B(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46B(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46C(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46D(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46E(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 2 2 2 2 2

s 10 5 s 10 Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 2003 No. 376, 2003 s 46I(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 46T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 6’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 18 December 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 19 December 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Environmental Protection Agency. © State of Queensland 2003