Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 93

93 Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights to take etc. protected wildlife

(1) Despite any other Act, but subject to the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 , an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person may take, use or keep protected wildlife under Aboriginal tradition or Ailan Kastom.

(2) Subsection (1) applies subject to any provision of a conservation plan that expressly applies to the taking, using or keeping of protected wildlife under Aboriginal tradition or Ailan Kastom.

(3) An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who takes, uses or keeps protected wildlife in contravention of a provision of a conservation plan that expressly prohibits the taking, using or keeping of protected wildlife under Aboriginal tradition or Ailan Kastom commits an offence against this Act.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—3,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to the taking, using or keeping of protected wildlife in a protected area.