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    2.3. Legislation and Permits

Table 1- Statutory Requirements and Guidelines
 LEGISLATION               PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION                                   IMPACT ON PROJECT PERSONNEL
 Environmental             Gives legislative support to various national            To abide by the regulations within the DES.
 Protection Regulation     guidelines, plans and Australian Standards. This
 2019                      regulation also outlines requirements for the
                           management of fauna and flora.
 Environmental             The EPBC Act focuses Australian Government               To comply with the relevant sections of the Act that
 Protection and            interests on the protection of matters of national       relate to matters of national significance which are
 Biodiversity              environmental significance, with the states and          present in the vicinity of the project works.
                           territories having responsibility for matters of state
 Conservation Act 1999
                           and local significance.
 Nature Conservation       The Act provides for the legilative protection of        To comply with the relevant sections of the Act and
 Act 2016                  Queensland’s threatended biota. It is aligned with       regulations and the Environmental Authority
                           the IUCN redlist which categorises biota into their      administered by the DES.
                           current status in the wild.
 Nature Conservation       This Regulation lists the plants and animals             List those animals that may be potentially found on
 (Wildlife) Regulation     considered presumed extinct, endangered,                 sites being developed as part of the project and
 2006                      vulnerable, rare, common, international, and             limitations for management.
                           prohibited. It discusses their significance and states
                           the declared management intent and the
                           principles to be observed in any taking and use for
                           each group.
 Nature Conservation       This Regulation provides for the management of           Provides guidance for the management of wildlife on
 (Wildlife Management)     wildlife (including taking, keeping and using            site, particularly in relation to the interference with
 Regulation 2006           wildlife including protected plants).                    native wildlife during the clearing process.

 Nature Conservation           •   Guideline for identifying koala habitat          Provides guidance on where spotter/catcher’s are
 and Other Legislation         •   Managing koala habitat                           legally required and how they are to manage koala
 (Koala Protection)                                                                 habitat
 Amendment
 Regulation 2020
 Animal Care and               •   Animal Welfare                                   Outlines that animal ethics approval is needed for
 Protection Act 2001                                                                research, survey and/or monitoring involving
                                                                                    vertebrates, where activities such as trapping,
                                                                                    census leading to disturbance of animals (such as
                                                                                    spotlighting or call play-back), abnormal interruption
                                                                                    of behaviour or marking/tagging are involved.
 Australian code for the       •   Ethical framwork for animals used for            Governing principles set out in the Code provide
                                   scientific purposes                              guidance for investigators, teachers, institiutions,
 care and use of
 animals for scientific                                                             animal ethics committees and all the people involved
                                                                                    in the care and use of animals for scientific purposes.
 purposes 8th edition
 (2013)
 Terrestrial Vertebrate        •   Guidelines for Fauna Surveys                     Detailed guidelines on designing a survey, the
 Fauna Survey                                                                       different survey methadologies and the ethical
 Guidelines for                                                                     considerations that need to be made for each
                                                                                    methadology.
 Queensland (2018)
 Queensland Hygiene            •   Protocol for handling amphibian species          Outlines how to handle and manage amphibian
 protocol for handling                                                              species to prevent the spread of diseases among
 amphibians                                                                         specimens and colonies.




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