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BIODISCOVERY ACT 2004 - SECT 50

50 Offence to take without a collection authority

(1) A person must not, unless authorised by a collection authority, take native biological material for biodiscovery from State land or Queensland waters.

Maximum penalty--

(a) for NCA material--3000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
(b) otherwise--2000 penalty units.

(2) In this section--

NCA material means--

(a) native biological material that is, or is sourced from, endangered, rare or vulnerable wildlife, or a protected animal, within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Act 1992; or
(b) native wildlife mentioned in section 97 of that Act.


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