Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The holder of a collection authority must, as soon as practicable after taking native biological material for biodiscovery under the authority, give a sample of the material, complying with subsection (3), to the following--
(a) for animal material--the Queensland Museum (the receiving entity);
(b) for plant material or fungi--the Queensland Herbarium (also the receiving entity);
(c) for another organism--an entity (also the receiving entity) stated in the benefit sharing agreement concerning the material.
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the sample is held by the holder for the State under an agreement between the holder and the State.
(3) The sample must be--
(a) of a sufficient size and quality to enable scientific classification of the material; and
(b) fixed and preserved in a way approved by the receiving entity; and
(c) labelled in an appropriate way, including, for example, by bar coding, stating--
(i) the number, or other identification, of the authority under which the material was taken; and
(ii) the date on which it was taken; and
(iii) if the holder is reasonably able to classify the material by using current scientific nomenclature--its classification to the lowest taxonomic level reasonably possible; and
(iv) the geographic location from which the material was taken, including, for example, by reference to geographic coordinates.
(4) If the sample is not labelled as required by subsection (3)(c)(iii), the receiving entity may--
(a) classify the material to the lowest possible taxonomic level; and
(b) recover from the holder, as a debt, the costs reasonably incurred by the entity in carrying out the classification.