Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2024 - REG 219

219 Unauthorised collection of natural material

(1) A person must not collect natural material in a protected area.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

Examples of collecting—

gathering sticks or branches for firewood, picking flowers for a bouquet, gathering shells for art, stacking rocks into a sculpture

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who—

(a) collects natural material under an authority, agreement or exemption under the Act ; or

(b) collects natural material in the course of a lawful activity not directed towards the collection, if the collection could not reasonably have been avoided.

(3) In this section—

"natural material" means a plant, rock, shell or soil.