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Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017
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The chief executive must not grant a rehabilitation permit authorising the holder of the permit, or a relevant person for the holder, to release a koala taken from the wild into a part of the wild that is not a prescribed natural habitat for the koala. The chief executive must not grant a rehabilitation permit authorising the holder of the permit, or a relevant person for the holder, to release into the wild a koala bred in captivity unless— the koala is the progeny of a koala taken from the wild; and the chief executive is reasonably satisfied the koala is capable of surviving in the wild. For offences relating to the release of animals into the wild, see the Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020 , section 336 . s 15 amd 2020 SL No. 136 s 442 sch 8 (sec.15-ssec.1) The chief executive must not grant a rehabilitation permit authorising the holder of the permit, or a relevant person for the holder, to release a koala taken from the wild into a part of the wild that is not a prescribed natural habitat for the koala. (sec.15-ssec.2) The chief executive must not grant a rehabilitation permit authorising the holder of the permit, or a relevant person for the holder, to release into the wild a koala bred in captivity unless— the koala is the progeny of a koala taken from the wild; and the chief executive is reasonably satisfied the koala is capable of surviving in the wild. For offences relating to the release of animals into the wild, see the Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020 , section 336 .