Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 88A

88A Restriction on keeping or use of lawfully taken protected animal

(1) Subject to section 93 , a person, other than an authorised person, must not keep or use a protected animal that is either of the following unless the keeping or use is authorised under this Act or the Exhibited Animals Act 2015 —

(a) a protected animal, if the animal has, at any time, been taken and the taking was authorised under this Act or a law of another State;

(b) a descendant of an animal mentioned in paragraph (a) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) generally—1,000 penalty units; or

(b) if a circumstance mentioned in subsection (2) applies—100 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1) , the circumstances are that—

(a) in the 12 months before the commission of the offence, the person held a licence, permit or other authority (the
"former authority" ) under this Act and—

(i) the former authority is no longer in force; and

(ii) had the former authority still been in force, the offence would not have been committed; and

(iii) the former authority ceased to be in force for a reason other than its cancellation or suspension; and

(iv) an application to renew the former authority has not been refused; or

(b) the offence only relates to moving the animal.