Nature Conservation (Estuarine Crocodile) Conservation Plan 2018

This section applies if a problem crocodile is caught—

by a person acting under a crocodile management authority; or

by a conservation officer exercising a power or performing a function under the Act.

The chief executive may give the problem crocodile to an eligible Queensland crocodile keeper if the keeper pays the chief executive an amount equal to—

for a male estuarine crocodile—$1.43 for each centimetre, or part of a centimetre, of the length of the crocodile; or

for a female estuarine crocodile—$2.85 for each centimetre, or part of a centimetre, of the length of the crocodile.

An eligible Queensland crocodile keeper to whom a problem crocodile has been given under this section is authorised to—

accept the crocodile for keeping under a Queensland crocodile licence; and

move the crocodile to the place where it is to be kept under the licence.

However, the chief executive may give an icon crocodile to an eligible Queensland crocodile keeper only if the keeper has entered into an icon crocodile agreement for the crocodile.

An amount payable under subsection (2) is recoverable as a debt owing to the State.

The chief executive may waive the payment of the whole or a part of an amount payable under subsection (2).