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Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species

11: Grant of permits and certificates

You could also call this:

"Getting a permit to trade in endangered species: how it works"

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When you apply for a permit or certificate to trade in endangered species, it must be for a specific application. The Director-General can decide whether to grant you a permit or certificate, and this decision is based on sections 13 to 24 of the Act. They can choose to grant it for some or all of the species you applied for, or they can decline your application.

If the Director-General thinks your application should be declined or needs conditions, they will tell you why and ask for your thoughts before making a decision. They can grant a permit or certificate with or without conditions, and they decide what those conditions are. Your permit or certificate must be in the form given by the Department.

The Director-General can take away or change your permit or certificate at any time if you do not follow the conditions. You can also give back your permit or certificate by sending a written note and the permit or certificate to the Director-General.

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Part 1Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species

11Grant of permits and certificates

  1. Every permit or certificate granted under sections 13 to 24 shall relate to a specific application.

  2. The Director-General may, at the Director-General's discretion, having regard to sections 13 to 24,—

  3. grant such permit or certificate in respect of all or any of the specimens included in any application; or
    1. decline to grant any such application.

      1. Where the Director-General is of the opinion that a permit or certificate should be declined or should be issued subject to conditions, the Director-General shall inform the applicant accordingly, giving the grounds on which the opinion is based, and invite the applicant to make submissions on the matter before the application is formally dealt with.

      2. The Director-General may grant a permit or certificate either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Director-General may specify.

      3. Every such permit or certificate shall be in the form issued by the Department.

      4. Every such permit or certificate may be revoked or varied at any time by the Director-General in any case where the Director-General is satisfied that the conditions in the permit or certificate have not been complied with, or can only be met by varying the terms of the permit or certificate.

      5. Any person granted a permit or certificate may at any time surrender it by forwarding a written note to that effect, together with the permit or certificate, to the Director-General.