Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ESTUARINE CROCODILE) CONSERVATION PLAN 2018 - REG 19

19 Keeping live problem crocodiles if no direction by chief executive

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person acting under the crocodile management authority catches a problem crocodile; and

(b) the crocodile is alive after it is caught; and

(c) the chief executive has not directed the person to deal with the crocodile in a particular way under section 18 .

(2) The person must keep the crocodile in a way that ensures it—

(a) receives appropriate care; and

(b) is kept in the State and in isolation until the earlier of the following happens—

(i) 30 days after the crocodile was caught have passed;

(ii) a conservation officer examines and tags the crocodile.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) If asked by a conservation officer, the person, or an employee of the person, must help the conservation officer examine and tag the crocodile.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) A person who keeps a problem crocodile in the way required under subsection (2) is authorised under the Act —

(a) to move the crocodile from the place where it was caught to the place where the crocodile is kept; and

(b) to keep the crocodile for the period allowed under the subsection.