sec.100BMinister’s power to enter into captive breeding agreement

### sec.100B Minister’s power to enter into captive breeding agreement The Minister may, for the State, enter into an agreement (a captive breeding agreement ) with someone else about captive breeding of protected wildlife to— reintroduce it into the wild, in the State or elsewhere; or otherwise ensure the survival in the wild of the protected wildlife or another species of wildlife. However, the agreement may provide for the reintroduction of the protected wildlife only if the Minister is satisfied— suitable habitat exists, or will exist, for the wildlife at the place where it is to be released; and threatening processes for the wildlife or its habitat will be minimised at the place. The agreement may be made even though no conservation plan or recovery plan has been made for the wildlife. In this section— captive breeding , of protected wildlife, means doing, in the State or elsewhere, any of the following for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1) — growing or propagating protected plants under controlled conditions; breeding, hand-rearing or incubating protected animals in captivity; removing eggs, sperm or other reproductive material from protected wildlife in captivity or the wild for embryo transfer, fertilisation, artificial insemination or incubation. protected wildlife includes wildlife that, under a law of another State, is an equivalent (however called) of protected wildlife as defined under this Act. recovery plan , for wildlife, is a document stating what research and management is necessary to stop the decline, support the recovery, or enhance the chance of long-term survival in the wild, of the wildlife. a recovery plan made or adopted under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) , section 269A reproductive material , of protected wildlife, means any part of the wildlife that is capable of, or contributes to, asexual or sexual reproduction. all or part of a bulb, rhizome, root, seed, stolon or tuber s 100B ins 2004 No. 48 s 176 amd 2011 No. 6 s 142 sch ; 2011 No. 26 s 189 sch (amdt could not be given effect) (sec.100B-ssec.1) The Minister may, for the State, enter into an agreement (a captive breeding agreement ) with someone else about captive breeding of protected wildlife to— reintroduce it into the wild, in the State or elsewhere; or otherwise ensure the survival in the wild of the protected wildlife or another species of wildlife. (sec.100B-ssec.2) However, the agreement may provide for the reintroduction of the protected wildlife only if the Minister is satisfied— suitable habitat exists, or will exist, for the wildlife at the place where it is to be released; and threatening processes for the wildlife or its habitat will be minimised at the place. (sec.100B-ssec.3) The agreement may be made even though no conservation plan or recovery plan has been made for the wildlife. (sec.100B-ssec.4) In this section— captive breeding , of protected wildlife, means doing, in the State or elsewhere, any of the following for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1) — growing or propagating protected plants under controlled conditions; breeding, hand-rearing or incubating protected animals in captivity; removing eggs, sperm or other reproductive material from protected wildlife in captivity or the wild for embryo transfer, fertilisation, artificial insemination or incubation. protected wildlife includes wildlife that, under a law of another State, is an equivalent (however called) of protected wildlife as defined under this Act. recovery plan , for wildlife, is a document stating what research and management is necessary to stop the decline, support the recovery, or enhance the chance of long-term survival in the wild, of the wildlife. a recovery plan made or adopted under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) , section 269A reproductive material , of protected wildlife, means any part of the wildlife that is capable of, or contributes to, asexual or sexual reproduction. all or part of a bulb, rhizome, root, seed, stolon or tuber - (a) reintroduce it into the wild, in the State or elsewhere; or - (b) otherwise ensure the survival in the wild of the protected wildlife or another species of wildlife. - (a) suitable habitat exists, or will exist, for the wildlife at the place where it is to be released; and - (b) threatening processes for the wildlife or its habitat will be minimised at the place. - (a) growing or propagating protected plants under controlled conditions; - (b) breeding, hand-rearing or incubating protected animals in captivity; - (c) removing eggs, sperm or other reproductive material from protected wildlife in captivity or the wild for embryo transfer, fertilisation, artificial insemination or incubation.