Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species - Authority to trade in threatened species

17: Permit to export threatened species

You could also call this:

"Getting permission to send endangered animals or plants overseas safely"

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The Director-General can give you a permit to export a threatened species if they talk to other important people first. They must be sure that exporting the species will not hurt its survival. You must also prove that you did not get the species by breaking any laws. The species must be prepared and shipped in a way that minimises the risk of it getting hurt, getting sick, or being treated cruelly, especially if it is an animal.

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Part 1Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species
Authority to trade in threatened species

17Permit to export threatened species

  1. The Director-General may, after consultation with the appropriate other management authorities and scientific authorities, grant a permit to export any specimen of a threatened species to an applicant, if those authorities are satisfied that—

  2. the export of that specimen is not detrimental to the survival of that species; and
    1. that specimen was not obtained in contravention of any Act; and
      1. that specimen will be prepared and shipped so that the risk of—is minimised.
        1. injury to the specimen; and
          1. adverse effect on the health of the specimen; and
            1. in the case of an animal, cruel treatment of the specimen,—