Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, release a declared pest other than under a declared pest permit.
Maximum penalty--
(a) for a class 1 pest--800 penalty units; or
(b) for a class 2 pest--400 penalty units; or
(c) for a class 3 pest--200 penalty units.
(2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person releases the declared pest to control its numbers or eradicate it.
Example for subsection (2)--
releasing an animal as part of a biological control program
(3) In this section--
release, for a declared pest, means to set the pest free or spread the pest in the State.