Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 29

29 Railway officers dealing with dead protected animals

(1) A railway officer employed by a railway manager may carry out any of the following activities in relation to a dead protected animal—

(a) take the animal at a railway managed by the railway manager;

(b) move the animal to another place.

(2) However, when taking or moving the animal the railway officer must comply with any conditions—

(a) imposed under subsection (3) ; and

(b) notified by the chief executive to the railway manager.

(3) The chief executive may impose conditions on the taking or moving of a dead protected animal under this section, including, for example, a condition stating—

(a) the way in which the animal is to be dealt with after being taken or moved; or

(b) the records to be kept for activities carried out under subsection (1) ; or

(c) the way in which the records mentioned in paragraph (b) are kept and accessed.

(4) This section does not apply to a railway officer employed by a rail government entity.

(5) In this section—

"railway manager" see the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , schedule 6 .

"railway officer" , employed by a railway manager, means—

(a) an employee or contractor of the railway manager; or

(b) an employee or contractor of a related body corporate of the railway manager; or

(c) another person approved by the chief executive by notice to the railway manager.

"related body corporate" , of a railway manager, means a body corporate that is a related body corporate of the railway manager within the meaning of the Corporations Act , section 50 .