Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Despite any other Act, an Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander may take, use or keep protected wildlife under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom.
(2) Subsection (1) applies subject to any provision of a conservation plan that expressly applies to the taking, using or keeping of protected wildlife under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom.
(3) An Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander who takes, uses or keeps protected wildlife in contravention of a provision of a conservation plan that expressly prohibits the taking, using or keeping of protected wildlife under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom commits an offence against this Act.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to the taking, using or keeping of protected wildlife in a protected area.
Maximum penalty--3000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
Editor's note--
This provision had not commenced on or before the reprint date.