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Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Offences and infringement offences - Offences

46: Failure to comply with conditions of permit or certificate

You could also call this:

"Breaking the rules of a permit or certificate for trading endangered species"

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If you have a permit or certificate under Part 1 of the Trade in Endangered Species Act, you must follow the conditions that come with it. The Director-General sets these conditions, and you must comply with them. If you do not comply, you are committing an offence.

If you commit this offence, you can be fined when you are convicted. As an individual, you can be fined up to $10,000. As a company, you can be fined up to $20,000.

You can find more information about the permits and certificates in Part 1 of the Act. The rules about fines are part of the law, and you must follow them. You can also look at the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 for more details about the fines.

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Part 4Offences and infringement offences
Offences

46Failure to comply with conditions of permit or certificate

  1. Every person commits an offence who fails to comply with any of the conditions specified by the Director-General in respect of any permit or certificate granted to him or her under Part 1.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of a natural person, to a fine not exceeding $10,000:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

      Notes
      • Section 46: substituted, on , by section 9 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 100).
      • Section 46(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).