Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 7

7 Scientific names

(1) Subject to subsection (2) , the scientific names used for animals mentioned in this regulation follow—

(a) the names used in a recognised database; or

(b) the names used by the Queensland Museum.

(2) However, if a provision of this regulation about an animal includes a scientific reference, the scientific name for the animal follows the scientific reference.

(3) In this section—

"Queensland Museum" means the board under the Queensland Museum Act 1970 .

"recognised database" means a database containing species information about animals that is maintained by or for the State, another State or the Commonwealth.

Examples—

1 the Australian Faunal Directory maintained by the Commonwealth department with responsibility for matters relating to the environment

2 the WildNet database maintained by the department