Recreational wildlife licence (obtained pre 22 August 2020)
Moving wildlife
You need to obtain a movement advice or movement permit when you sell, buy, give away, or otherwise move your wildlife.
It is generally the responsibility of the person selling or giving away the wildlife to complete a movement advice (except when the seller is in another state, in which case it is the Queensland buyer’s responsibility).
A movement advice must be completed before the movement happens.
Movement advices between RWL/CWLs and Native animal keeping licences
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 have different reporting and record keeping obligations for the sale and movement of animals.
Native animal keeping 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.
| Seller/sender | Buyer/receiver | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Receiver holds a Native animal keeping licence (Standard, Specialised or Advanced) | Receiver holds a Recreational or Commercial Wildlife Licence and is an Online Services user | Receiver holds a Recreational or Commercial Wildlife Licence but is not a registered Online Services User | |
Sender holds a Native animal keeping licence (Standard, Specialised or 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 or 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 or 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 |
How do I complete a movement advice?
There are two ways to complete a movement advice—online, or using a paper-based form.
- Online (via Online Services)
An online movement advice can be used when both the person who is selling or giving away the wildlife and the person who buys or accepts the wildlife have had licences issued through the Online licensing system.If either person is not registered with the Online licensing system, the movement cannot be processed using the Online licensing system and a paper-based application must be used.
Please note that the Online licensing system will not grant a movement advice for a proposed wildlife movement that is later than two (2) business days from the date of your application.In order to access the Online licensing system, you need to register or log in if already registered.
- Offline (via paper-based form)
Each form contains instructions on its completion.- To purchase movement advice booklets (with carbon copy) use the movement advice order form or phone 1300 130 372 (select option 4).
- Alternatively download the free single movement advice form (DOCX, 312KB).
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