Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018

In these regulations —

aerial device means a remotely piloted aerial vehicle or a drone;

agricultural activity has the meaning given in the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 section 6;

aircraft does not include an aerial device;

approved form means a form approved by the CEO;

biosecurity has the meaning given in the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 section 6;

Category A, in relation to fauna, means the category of fauna described in regulation 11(2)(a);

category A firearm means a firearm of category A under the regulations referred to in the Firearms Act 2024 section 8(1);

Category B, in relation to fauna, means the category of fauna described in regulation 11(2)(b);

category B firearm means a firearm of category B under the regulations referred to in the Firearms Act 2024 section 8(1);

Category C, in relation to fauna, means the category of fauna described in regulation 11(2)(c);

CEO guidelines means guidelines issued under regulation 10(1);

class of licence — see regulation 13 (in relation to fauna) and regulation 54 (in relation to flora);

commercial licence means —

dangerous fauna means fauna that is, or is reasonably perceived to be, a threat (including on account of having a detrimental effect, or being venomous) to —

deal in means —

designated Act means any of the following Acts —

dolphin means fauna of the family —

dugong means fauna of the species Dugong dugon;

economic damage means damage to property, agricultural activity or infrastructure resulting in a financial loss;

fauna product means —

feed, in relation to fauna, means to supply matter intending it to be eaten by fauna and includes to offer any such matter to fauna;

invertebrate fauna means any fauna of the animal kingdom, other than fauna in the subphylum Vertebrata of the phylum Chordata;

kangaroo means a kangaroo of 1 of the following species —

killer whale means fauna of the species Orcinus orca;

manta ray means fauna of the family Moulidae and includes fauna in the genus Manta;

marine fauna means any of the following fauna when not kept in captivity —

officer, in relation to a body corporate, has the same meaning given in the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) section 9;

personal watercraft means —

possess, in relation to fauna, includes —

repealed Act means —

sandalwood tracking form means a sandalwood tracking form created under Part 6;

seal means fauna of the family —

sea turtle means fauna of the family —

sign, in relation to a sandalwood tracking form in electronic form, means to create a digital signature (as defined in the Electronic Conveyancing Act 2014 section 3(1)) for the sandalwood tracking form;

specifically controlled sandalwood means —

translocate, in relation to flora, means to deliberately transfer a plant, or regenerative plant material, from one place to another (including back to the place where the plant was originally growing) with a view to maintaining or growing a living plant;

vessel means any kind of watercraft —

veterinarian has the meaning given in the Veterinary Practice Act 2021 section 3;

watercraft includes a boat, ship, hovercraft, personal watercraft, kayak, surf ski, surfboard, sailboard and unmanned watercraft;

whale means any fauna that is a cetacean, other than a dolphin or a killer whale;

whale shark means fauna of the species Rhincodon typus.

[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2022/95 r. 4; SL 2024/298 r. 4.]