Queensland Numbered Acts

NATURAL RESOURCES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2004 No. 33 - SECT 6

After section 41--

insert--

'(1) This section applies if the chief executive becomes aware that many persons are keeping animals of a particular type that is a declared pest (a particular declared pest) other than under declared pest permits.

'(2) The chief executive may, with the approval of the Minister, declare an amnesty (an amnesty declaration) for the particular declared pest.

'(3) A person who keeps a particular declared pest other than under a declared pest permit does not commit an offence against section 41 in relation to the particular declared pest if the person surrenders the pest--

(a) during the amnesty period for the particular declared pest; and

(b) in the way stated in the amnesty declaration.

'(4) The chief executive may destroy or dispose of, in a reasonable way decided by the chief executive, a particular declared pest surrendered under subsection (3).

'(5) Compensation is not payable for the destruction or disposal of a declared pest under an amnesty declaration.

'(6) In this section--

amnesty period, for a particular declared pest mentioned in an amnesty declaration, means the period stated in the amnesty declaration as the period for surrendering the particular declared pest.'.