Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

(4)  A person undertaking dam works in accordance with a dam permit granted under the Water Management Act 1999 after the commencement of Part 5 of the Dam Works Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2007 may take, without a permit, a specimen of a listed taxon of flora or fauna.