Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 214

214 Restriction on grant of permit for particular mammals

(1) The chief executive must not grant a research permit for a whale or dolphin unless the whale or dolphin is to be taken, kept or used for scientific research that has been recommended by—

(a) a scientific advisory committee; or

(b) a person who is recognised in the research community for whales or dolphins as a person who is highly experienced and qualified in scientific research about whales or dolphins.

(2) In this section—

"research community" , for whales or dolphins, means the group of academics in the field of research about whales or dolphins.

"scientific advisory committee" means a scientific advisory committee established under section 132 of the Act .

"scientific research" , in relation to a whale or dolphin, includes research involving any of the following—

(a) the temporary capture of the whale or dolphin;

(b) attaching a tracking device to the whale or dolphin;

(c) taking biological samples from the whale or dolphin;

(d) the use of a floating platform for commercial filming of the whale or dolphin;

(e) approaching the whale or dolphin, at a closer distance than the minimum distance permitted under chapter 6 for the whale or dolphin, to interact with or observe the whale or dolphin.