Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 217

217 Things seized before commencement

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, a thing was seized under the Act ; and

(b) immediately before the commencement, the thing had not been released, sold, disposed of or otherwise dealt with in the way required under a former seizure provision.

(2) The thing may be released, sold, disposed of or otherwise dealt with under the former seizure provision as if the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022, part 4, division 2 had not been enacted.

(3) In this section—

"former seizure provision" means each of the following provisions, as in force immediately before the commencement—

(a) part 9;

(b) the Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020, chapter 11, part 2;

(c) the Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020, chapter 11, part 2;

(d) the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2017, chapter 8.