Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 55

55 Dealing with sick, injured and orphaned protected animals

(1) This section applies in relation to a protected animal that is—

(a) if the animal is a marine mammal or a marine turtle—sick or injured; or

(b) otherwise—sick, injured or orphaned.

(2) A person may carry out any of the following activities to treat or care for the animal—

(a) take the animal;

(b) keep the animal;

(c) move the animal from the place where the person takes possession of the animal to—

(i) a place in the State where the person intends to care for the animal; or

(ii) a place in the State where the holder of a rehabilitation permit, or a relevant person for the holder, intends to keep the animal; or

(iii) the veterinary premises of a veterinary surgeon in the State for treatment or care for the animal; or

(iv) if a conservation officer directs, under section 57 , the person to move the animal to another place—the other place.