Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017

This section states, in subsection (3), a condition that applies to a rehabilitation permit if—

the authorised animal under the permit is a koala taken from the wild; and

the holder of the permit, or a relevant person for the holder, is releasing the koala under the permit into a prescribed natural habitat for the koala.

The condition applies in addition to any other conditions applying to the rehabilitation permit under the Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.

The holder of the rehabilitation permit, or a relevant person for the holder, must release the koala into prescribed natural habitat for the koala that—

is as close as practicable to the place where the koala was taken; and

is suitable for maximising the koala’s chance of long-term survival in the wild; and

is suitable for minimising negative impacts on any existing koala population in the habitat.

Subsection (3)(a) applies subject to subsection (3)(b) and (c).

A person complies with subsection (3) if the person releases the koala in a way that complies with the koala rehabilitation code to the extent the code provides for where the koala should be released.

Subsection (5) does not limit the ways in which a person may otherwise comply with subsection (3).