Information sheet

1 of 3 • NCS/2016/1951• Version 1.01 • Effective: 04 JUL 14 ABN 46 640 294 485

This information provides a brief summary of the basic requirements when keeping animals under a RWL to

help you understand your obligations when keeping and using protected birds, reptiles or amphibians in

Queensland.

As a licence holder, it is your responsibility to keep up to date with the current legislation and requirements of

keeping wildlife privately in Queensland. Some key responsibilities are outlined in this information sheet.

Wildlife must not be purchased, accepted, sold or given away by anyone who is not authorised

to keep or use wildlife.

When you obtain, accept, sell or give away wildlife under your RWL you must obtain verification of the other

person’s identity (e.g. driver’s licence).

If the other person is acting under a wildlife authority you must inspect their licence and keep a record of the

The Department of Environment and Science is progressively building a digital system to streamline its business

services. That system - Connect - will enable all customers to interact with the department online.

The use of a movement advice via Connect is now available, providing that both the person who is selling or

giving away the wildlife and the person who buys or accepts the wildlife have had licences issued by Connect

(this means that both would be registered to use Connect).

Please note that Connect will not grant a movement advice for a proposed wildlife movement that is later than 2

business days from the date of your application.

In order to access Connect, you will first need to register here:

https://DES.appiancloud.com/suite/plugins/servlet/registration

Paper-based form

A movement advice must be completed each time you move wildlife to or from your RWL, whether the

transaction occurs solely in Queensland, or to or from other Australian states.

It is the responsibility of the person selling or giving away the wildlife to fill in the movement advice (except when

the seller is in another state, in which case it is the Queensland buyer’s responsibility). The movement advice

must be completed before the movement happens.

There are four (4) parts to a movement advice:

Part 1: To be returned by the seller to DES within 7 days of moving the wildlife.

Part 2: To accompany the wildlife in transit – then kept by the buyer as a record of movement.

Part 3: To accompany the wildlife in transit – then signed and dated by the purchaser/receiver of the wildlife

approved electronic record system from PaLM prior to keeping wildlife under the licence.

An inspection of your facilities by an DES officer can be undertaken at any time. Consequently records must

always be kept up to date. Penalties may apply if records are not complete, accurate, legible or up to date.

If your record book is lost or destroyed you must immediately contact PaLM on 13QGOV (13 74 69).

Please note: If at any stage you no longer require a RWL, under section 135 of the Nature Conservation

(Administration) Regulation 2017, you are required to surrender the wildlife record book or a copy to DES.

The infringement notice penalty for failure to produce the record book or copy when requested is 4 penalty units.

If you are unable to comply with this direction you are required to provide a reasonable excuse in writing to

PaLM.

Change of address or contact details

Penalties may apply if you fail to notify DES of any address or licence changes.

Licence renewal

A RWL can be issued for five (5) years. It is your responsibility to renew the licence prior to expiry. DES does

not issue renewal notices. Penalties may apply if you fail to hold a current licence while keeping protected animals in

Queensland.

You cannot sell an animal within six (6) months of acquiring it

Once you buy or receive an animal, you must keep that animal on your licence for at least six (6) months.

If you need to sell or give away the animal within six (6) months, a request must be made in writing to PaLM

giving a suitable reason as to why you need to dispose of the animal before the end of the six (6) month period.

You are not to move the animal until you have received a response to your request. For contact details please

refer above.

Guidelines

Further information

Should you have any questions or require further information regarding wildlife in Queensland, please contact