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Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Endangered Species Officers

38AA: Power to require information

You could also call this:

"Telling authorities who you are if they think you've broken an endangered species rule"

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If an Endangered Species Officer thinks you have broken a rule in the Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989, they can ask you for information. The officer can ask you to tell them your full name, where you live, and when you were born. You will also need to show them proof of this information as soon as you can.

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Part 3Endangered Species Officers

38AAPower to require information

  1. This section applies if an officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence against this Act.

  2. The officer may require the person to—

  3. state the person’s full name, residential address, and date of birth; and
    1. provide evidence, as soon as practicable, of the person’s full name, residential address, and date of birth.

      Notes
      • Section 38AA: inserted, on , by section 45 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).