Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017 (Qld)

Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This plan may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017.

2 Commencement This plan commences on 1 September 2017.

3 Relationship with declared management intent— Act , s 121 It is declared that section 121(2) of the Act does not apply to this plan.

4 Main purposes of plan and how they are to be achieved (1) The main purposes of this plan are— (a) to promote the continued existence of viable koala populations in the wild; and (b) to prevent the decline of koala habitats. (2) The main purposes are to be achieved by— (a) dividing the State into 3 koala districts based on the management strategies to be applied to each district; and (b) prescribing the objective for each koala district; and (c) enabling the chief executive to determine koala priority areas and koala habitat areas; and (d) prescribing requirements for clearing vegetation in particular areas; and (e) prescribing additional restrictions on the grant of particular animal authorities for koalas, including, in particular, the authorities authorising the release of koalas into the wild; and (f) prescribing an additional condition for rehabilitation permits for koalas taken from the wild.

5 Interpretation (1) The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this plan. (2) Subject to subsection (1), and unless this plan provides otherwise, words used in this plan have the same meaning as they have in the Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.

Part 2 Koala districts, koala priority areas and koala habitat areas

Division 1 Koala districts

6 Koala districts (1) Each of the following is a wildlife district for koalas— (a) koala district A; (b) koala district B; (c) koala district C. (2) For a koala district that includes a part of a local government area, a reference in schedule 1 to part of the local government area is a reference to the part of the local government area shown on the Koala Conservation Plan Map as part of the district.