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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 303BB

Simplified outline

    The following is a simplified outline of this Part:

  This Part   sets up a system for regulating the international movement of wildlife specimens.

  A CITES specimen is a specimen of a species included in Appendix I, II or III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

  It is an offence to export or import a CITES specimen unless:

  (a)   the exporter or importer holds a permit; or

  (b)   an exemption applies.

  A regulated native specimen is a specimen of a native species subject to export control under this Part.

  It is an offence to export a regulated native specimen unless:

  (a)   the exporter holds a permit; or

  (b)   an exemption applies.

  A regulated live specimen is a live specimen of a species subject to import control under this Part.

  It is an offence to import a regulated live specimen unless the importer holds a permit.

  It is an offence to possess a specimen that was imported in contravention of this Part.



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