Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 30

30 Emergency service officers dealing with dead protected animals

(1) An officer of an emergency service may carry out any of the following activities in relation to a dead protected animal for training members of the emergency service—

(a) buy, accept or receive the animal from a person authorised to sell or give away the animal under the Act ;

(b) keep the animal;

(c) otherwise use the animal, other than—

(i) process the animal; or

(ii) use the animal for a commercial purpose.

(2) In this section—

"emergency service" means each of the following services—

(a) Marine Rescue Queensland under the Marine Rescue Queensland Act 2024 ;

(b) Queensland Fire and Rescue;

(c) Rural Fire Service Queensland;

(d) the Queensland Ambulance Service;

(e) the Queensland Police Service;

(f) the State Emergency Service.