Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 27

27 Public service employees and contractors dealing with dead protected animals

(1) This section applies to a person who is—

(a) a public service employee; or

(b) a contractor of a department.

(2) The person may take a dead protected animal from a public place if it is necessary or desirable to do so.

Examples of when it may be necessary or desirable to take a dead protected animal from a public place—

• to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act

• to ensure the free and safe movement of traffic on a road

• to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons

(3) The person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to an animal taken under subsection (2) —

(a) keep a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so;

(b) use, other than move, process or use for a commercial purpose, a part of the animal, including, for example, a biological sample, if it is necessary or desirable to do so;

(c) bury or incinerate the animal;

(d) move the animal to—

(i) the place in the State where the part will be kept or used under paragraph (a) or (b) ; or

(ii) the place in the State where the animal is to be buried or incinerated under paragraph (c) ; or

(iii) another place where the animal is not likely to pose a risk to public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons;

(e) otherwise deal with the animal in the way directed by the chief executive.

Examples of when it may be necessary or desirable to keep or use part of a dead protected animal—

• to perform research

• to perform a function or exercise a power under an Act

• to maintain public safety or the health or wellbeing of persons

(4) In this section—

"public place" includes a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , whether or not it is open to, or used by, members of the public.