According to the wording of the law, it's quite clear that albinos can't legally be bred in QLD. Whether or not they'll ever try to test that law is another story, and my guess is that they won't, because it would be very unlikely that they'd win. Almost certainly, the case would be thrown out and they'd be forced to get rid of their rule. Until it is tested, the rule can quietly sit there and deter a lot of people.
Of course, according to the law as it is written, absolutely every reptile in QLD is held illegally, as every single reptile which exists carries mutations. They clearly didn't consult a geneticist when the document was written up! Exactly why they don't want people to have "mutations" is a little unclear. I've spoken to some EPA staff who had concerns that if a strangely coloured snake escaped it might cause trouble, my guess is that the original concern was that if everyone has bright purple snake with green and red polka dots, there will be no natural snakes, and thus the captive population will be over lower conservation value. The fact is, very few captive snakes have any direct conservation value (some may argue that they raise public awareness and thus have indirect conservation value), and those which do are special cases which are treated accordingly. Almost never are these cases in the general pet trade (yes, there are exceptions, don't bother pointing them out as if I wasn't aware they existed).
Of course, according to the law as it is written, absolutely every reptile in QLD is held illegally, as every single reptile which exists carries mutations. They clearly didn't consult a geneticist when the document was written up! Exactly why they don't want people to have "mutations" is a little unclear. I've spoken to some EPA staff who had concerns that if a strangely coloured snake escaped it might cause trouble, my guess is that the original concern was that if everyone has bright purple snake with green and red polka dots, there will be no natural snakes, and thus the captive population will be over lower conservation value. The fact is, very few captive snakes have any direct conservation value (some may argue that they raise public awareness and thus have indirect conservation value), and those which do are special cases which are treated accordingly. Almost never are these cases in the general pet trade (yes, there are exceptions, don't bother pointing them out as if I wasn't aware they existed).
