Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 188

188 Restriction on grant of permit for protected animal taken under rehabilitation permit

The chief executive must not grant a permit to keep for a purpose mentioned in section 186 (a) for a protected animal, unless—

(a) the chief executive is satisfied—

(i) the animal would not, or is unlikely to, survive in the wild, including, for example, because of the nature of the animal’s sickness or injury; and

(ii) for an animal other than a class 1 animal or class 2 animal—the animal would contribute to the rehabilitation of animals of the same species or closely related species; and

(b) the chief executive believes another animal authority, or an exhibited animal authority, would not be more appropriate for keeping the animal; and

(c) if there is an approved captive breeding program for animals of the same species—the proposed holder of the permit is a participant in the captive breeding program; and

(d) the chief executive has notified the holder of the rehabilitation permit, in writing, that the animal must not be returned to the wild.

Note—

See section 209 for when a holder of a rehabilitation permit must return an animal taken under the permit to the wild.