Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 333

333 Feeding native animals in the wild

(1) A person must not, without a reasonable excuse, feed a native animal in the wild in a way that poses an immediate threat to human health or safety.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a person feeds an animal in a way that poses an immediate threat to human health or safety if—

(a) the person feeds the animal in a way that causes the animal to move from the place where it is located to the place where the person is providing the food; and

(b) the movement of the animal results in danger to human health or safety.

(3) A person must not feed a native animal in the wild if the animal is a dangerous or venomous animal or capable of injuring a person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) if the animal is a dingo and the offence is committed on K’gari—165 penalty units; or

(b) if the animal is an estuarine crocodile—165 penalty units; or

(c) otherwise—40 penalty units.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if—

(a) the person is an authorised person; or

(b) the person feeds the animal in preparation for, or in the course of, lawfully taking the animal; or

(c) the person feeds the animal under an animal authority; or

(d) the person has another reasonable excuse.