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Queensland
Animal Care and Protection
and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2012
Queensland
Animal Care and Protection and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Amendment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 61 (Right of Aborigines and Torres Strait
Islanders to particular natural resources) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 3 Amendment of Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
4 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 Amendment of s 5 (Act binds all persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Insertion of new s 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 7 (Relationship with certain other Acts). . . . . . . 6
8 Replacement of s 8 (Aboriginal tradition and Island custom) . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 38 (Operation of pt 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Insertion of new s 41A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 4 Amendment of Aurukun and Mornington Shire Leases Act
1978
11 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 26 (Preservation of Aborigines' hunting and
gathering rights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
13 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Amendment of s 93 (Aborigines' and Torres Strait Islanders'
rights to take etc. protected wildlife) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2012
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 to
ensure animal welfare obligations apply to acts done under
Aboriginal tradition or Torres Strait Islander custom, and to
make consequential amendments to the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters)
Act 1984, the Aurukun and Mornington Shire Leases Act 1978
and the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Animal Care and Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Animal Care and Protection and 4
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012. 5
Part 2 Amendment of Aboriginal and 6
Torres Strait Islander 7
Communities (Justice, Land 8
and Other Matters) Act 1984 9
Clause 2 Act amended 10
This part amends the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 11
Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984. 12
Clause 3 Amendment of s 61 (Right of Aborigines and Torres Strait 13
Islanders to particular natural resources) 14
(1) Section 61(1), `Subject'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Subject to the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 and'. 17
(2) Section 61(1), after `consumption'-- 18
insert-- 19
`, in the community government or IRC area,'. 20
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Animal Care and Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Part 3 Amendment of Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
[s 4]
Part 3 Amendment of Animal Care 1
and Protection Act 2001 2
Clause 4 Act amended 3
This part amends the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001. 4
Clause 5 Amendment of s 5 (Act binds all persons) 5
Section 5(1), `8'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`7'. 8
Clause 6 Insertion of new s 6A 9
After section 6-- 10
insert-- 11
`6A Relationship with Nature Conservation Act 1992 12
`(1) This Act does not affect the application of the Nature 13
Conservation Act 1992 other than as provided under 14
subsection (2). 15
`(2) This Act applies to an act done, or omission made, by a person 16
for the purposes of either of the following if authorised under 17
the Nature Conservation Act 1992-- 18
(a) taking, keeping or using an animal to exercise 19
Aboriginal tradition or Island custom; 20
(b) using an animal for a scientific purpose. 21
`(3) A person does not commit an offence under this Act only 22
because the person does an act or makes an omission that-- 23
(a) is authorised under the Nature Conservation Act 1992, 24
other than an act or omission mentioned in subsection 25
(2); and 26
(b) would, apart from this subsection, constitute an offence 1
under this Act.'. 2
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Animal Care and Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Part 3 Amendment of Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
[s 7]
Clause 7 Amendment of s 7 (Relationship with certain other Acts) 3
(1) Section 7(1)(b)-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Section 7(1)(c)-- 6
renumber as section 7(1)(b). 7
(3) Section 7(2), `but for'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`apart from'. 10
Clause 8 Replacement of s 8 (Aboriginal tradition and Island 11
custom) 12
Section 8-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`8 Relationship with native title 15
`A person does not avoid liability to be prosecuted for an 16
offence under this Act only because the act or omission that 17
constitutes the offence happens in the exercise or enjoyment 18
of native title rights and interests.'. 19
Clause 9 Amendment of s 38 (Operation of pt 6) 20
Section 38(1), `42'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`41A'. 23
Clause 10 Insertion of new s 41A 24
After section 41-- 25
insert-- 1
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Animal Care and Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Part 4 Amendment of Aurukun and Mornington Shire Leases Act 1978
[s 11]
`41A Killing an animal under Aboriginal tradition, Island 2
custom or native title 3
`(1) This section applies for an offence if the act that constitutes 4
the offence-- 5
(a) involves the killing of an animal; and 6
(b) is done-- 7
(i) in the exercise of native title rights and interests; or 8
(ii) under the authority of another law of the State or 9
the Commonwealth to take the animal to exercise 10
Aboriginal tradition or Island custom; or 11
(iii) under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 12
Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) 13
Act 1984, section 61; or 14
(iv) under the Aurukun and Mornington Shire Leases 15
Act 1978, section 26. 16
Example-- 17
hunting and killing an animal for personal consumption 18
`(2) It is an offence exemption for the offence if the act is done in a 19
way that causes the animal as little pain as is reasonable. 20
`(3) In this section-- 21
take, under the authority of another law, includes take, keep or 22
use under the authority of the Nature Conservation Act 1992.'. 23
Part 4 Amendment of Aurukun and 1
Mornington Shire Leases Act 2
1978 3
Clause 11 Act amended 4
This part amends the Aurukun and Mornington Shire Leases 5
Act 1978. 6
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Animal Care and Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
[s 12]
Clause 12 Amendment of s 26 (Preservation of Aborigines' hunting 7
and gathering rights) 8
Section 26(1), after `93,'-- 9
insert-- 10
`and, for paragraph (a), subject also to the Animal Care and 11
Protection Act 2001,'. 12
Part 5 Amendment of Nature 13
Conservation Act 1992 14
Clause 13 Act amended 15
This part amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 16
Clause 14 Amendment of s 93 (Aborigines' and Torres Strait 17
Islanders' rights to take etc. protected wildlife) 18
Section 93(1), after `Act,'-- 19
insert-- 20
`but subject to the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001,'. 21
© State of Queensland 2012
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AMENDMENTS TO BILL
Animal Care and Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Animal Care and Protection and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Amendments agreed to during Consideration
1 Clause 3 (Amendment of s 61 (Right of Aborigines and
Torres Strait Islanders to particular natural resources))
Page 4, line 15, `(1) Section'--
omit, insert--
`Section'.
2 Clause 3 (Amendment of s 61 (Right of Aborigines and
Torres Strait Islanders to particular natural resources))
Page 4, lines 18 to 20--
omit.
3 Clause 10 (Insertion of new s 41A)
Page 7, line 21--
omit, insert--
`(3) For subsection (2), the following acts or omissions are taken
not to cause the animal as little pain as is reasonable--
(a) injuring the animal to stop it escaping after it has been
caught;
(b) injuring the animal or prolonging its life to attract
another animal;
(c) taking flesh from the animal for human consumption
before the animal is dead;
(d) doing a thing or omitting to do a thing that causes the
animal to die from dehydration or starvation.
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Animal Care and Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
`(4) In this section--'.
© State of Queensland 2012
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