Approved Plans OPW20/145.06

               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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