Movement advice requirements
Existing RWLs and Commercial Wildlife Licences (CWLs) will remain valid until they expire. This means that until 2025, the movement of native wildlife in Queensland will occur across both the old and new licensing systems.
When people buy and sell animals, they may move animals from old licence types to new licences, or vice versa, each of which require different reporting and record keeping obligations for the sale and movement of animals.
Standard, Specialised and Advanced licence holders are no longer required to provide or fill out movement advices. Instead they can record the sale in their online record book (or paper equivalent), which holds the relevant information about which animals they have bought and sold.
Existing RWL and CWL holders must continue to complete movement advices, even if they buy/sell/trade with native animal keeping licence holders. In cases where the movement advice is only required by one party to the trade, the movement advice will be used slightly differently.
What type of movement advice do I need?
The following table explains the movement advice and record keeping requirements for holders of RWLs, CWLs and Native animal keeping licences.
Buyer/Receiver | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seller/Sender | Receiver holds a Native animal keeping licence (Standard/Specialised/Advanced) | Receiver holds a Recreational/Commercial Wildlife Licence and is an Online Services user | Receiver holds a Recreational/Commercial Wildlife Licence holder but is not a registered Online Services User |
Sender holds a Native animal keeping licence (Standard/Specialised/Advanced) | No movement advice required – Movement recorded in online record book/paper record book | Receiver completes Parts 2-3 of online movement advice, Sender records movement in online record book/paper record book | Receiver completes Parts 2-3 of online movement advice, Sender records movement in online record book/paper record book |
Sender holds a Recreational/Commercial Wildlife Licence and is an Online Services user | Sender completes Parts 1, 2 and 4 of online movement advice, Receiver records movement in online record book/paper record book | Online movement advice can be used in Online Services | All four parts of paper movement advice required |
Sender holds a Recreational/Commercial Wildlife Licence holder but is not a registered Online Services user | Sender completes Parts 1, 2 and 4 of online movement advice, Receiver records movement in online record book/paper record book | All four parts of paper movement advice required | All four parts of paper movement advice required |