Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) A harvest period for a harvest macropod starts, for each relevant region for the macropod, on 1 January 2009 and ends at the end of--
(a) if the chief executive has published a notice stating the chief executive is satisfied that, for the year, the relevant maximum amount for the macropod for the region will have been taken by a particular day--the particular day;
(b) otherwise--31 December 2009.
(2) A notice mentioned in subsection (1)(a) must be published--
(a) in a newspaper circulating generally in the State; and
(b) on or before the day the harvest period ends.
Editor's note--
A copy of a notice published under this section may be inspected on the agency's website.
(3) If the chief executive publishes, or intends to publish, a notice mentioned in subsection (1)(a) for a harvest macropod, the chief executive must also give each holder of a macropod harvesting licence for the macropod a written notice stating--
(a) the chief executive is satisfied that the relevant maximum amount for the macropod for a relevant region will have been taken by a particular day; and
(b) the harvest period for the macropod for the region ends at the end of that day.
(4) The chief executive must give the notice mentioned in subsection (3) at least 7 days before the day the harvest period ends.
(5) In this section--
estimated population size, for a harvest macropod, for a relevant region for the macropod, means the population size estimated by the chief executive for the macropod for the relevant region for 2009.
macropod harvesting licence means--
(a) a commercial wildlife harvesting licence for macropods; or
(b) a recreational wildlife harvesting licence for macropods.
relevant maximum amount means--
(a) for an eastern grey kangaroo--
(i) for the central region for the kangaroo--15% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo for the region for the year; or
(ii) for the eastern region for the kangaroo--10% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo for the region for the year; or
(iii) for the western region for the kangaroo--there will be no take in that region; or
(b) for a red kangaroo--
(i) for the central region for the kangaroo--19% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo for the region for the year; or
(ii) for the eastern region for the kangaroo--10% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo for the region for the year; or
(iii) for the western region for the kangaroo--10% of the estimated population size for the kangaroo for the region for the year; or
(c) for a common wallaroo--
(i) for the central region for the wallaroo--15% of the estimated population size for the wallaroo for the region for the year; or
(ii) for the eastern region for the wallaroo--10% of the estimated population size for the wallaroo for the region for the year; or
(iii) for the western region for the wallaroo--10% of the estimated population size for the wallaroo for the region for the year.