74Transitional—section 303FO of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

74  Transitional—section 303FO of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

(1) This item applies if a declaration relating to a program was in force under subsection 10(1) of the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 immediately before the commencement of this item.

(2) The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 has effect, after the commencement of this item, as if:

 (a) the declaration had been made under subsection 303FO(2) of that Act; and

 (b) the program were a plan; and

 (c) each reference in the declaration to a program were a reference to a plan; and

 (d) each reference in the declaration to an approved management program were a reference to an approved wildlife trade management plan; and

 (e) each reference in the declaration to the purposes of the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 were a reference to the purposes of section 303FO of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; and

 (f) the period:

 (i) beginning on the day on which the declaration took effect; and

 (ii) ending when the declaration would have ceased to be in force if this Act had not been enacted;

  were specified in the declaration in accordance with subsection 303FT(4) the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.