Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The EPA chief executive must consider the application and decide--
(a) to grant the application, with or without conditions decided by the chief executive; or
(b) to refuse the application.
(2) The chief executive may grant the application only if the chief executive is satisfied of each of the following--
(a) the proposed taking and use of the native biological material--
(i) is for biodiscovery only; and
(ii) conforms with the compliance code and any applicable collection protocols, to the extent the code and protocols are consistent with the conditions the chief executive proposes imposing under subsection (1)(a);
(b) other matters prescribed under a regulation for achieving the purposes of this Act.
(2A) Also, if the application relates to State land that is a State plantation forest under the Forestry Plantations Queensland Act 2006, the chief executive may approve the application only if the chief plantation forestry officer has approved the granting of the application.
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the matters to which the chief executive may have regard in deciding the application.
(4) The chief executive may refuse the application even if a benefit sharing agreement or approved biodiscovery plan is in force concerning the material the subject of the application.
(5) In this section--
chief plantation forestry officer means the chief plantation forestry officer under the Forestry Plantations Queensland Act 2006.