sec.59Purpose of chapter

sec.59 Purpose of chapter

This chapter provides for a licensing scheme that authorises particular persons to take or use protected plants in particular circumstances— to promote the continued existence in the wild of biologically viable populations of all taxa of protected plants; and to allow the ecologically sustainable use of protected plants taken from the wild; and to control processes threatening to protected plants; and to minimise the impact of the taking of protected plants on nature, including, for example, by adopting a precautionary approach in the setting of limits for taking, and the granting of plant authorities for, protected plants; and to encourage greater reliance on obtaining whole protected plants or parts of protected plants from propagation or cultivation while recognising there may be grounds for taking them from the wild; and to minimise the potential for illegally taken protected plants to be used for any purpose. The licensing scheme mentioned in subsection (1) authorises the commercial cultivation and propagation of protected plants to reduce the demand for taking whole protected plants and parts of protected plants in the wild. See part 5 , division 4 of the Act for offences prohibiting particular persons from carrying out activities in relation to protected plants in particular circumstances. See chapter 3 for activities that may be carried out by a person under an exemption whether or not the person holds a plant authority. See chapter 8 for requirements for records, tags and labels relating to protected plants. (sec.59-ssec.1) This chapter provides for a licensing scheme that authorises particular persons to take or use protected plants in particular circumstances— to promote the continued existence in the wild of biologically viable populations of all taxa of protected plants; and to allow the ecologically sustainable use of protected plants taken from the wild; and to control processes threatening to protected plants; and to minimise the impact of the taking of protected plants on nature, including, for example, by adopting a precautionary approach in the setting of limits for taking, and the granting of plant authorities for, protected plants; and to encourage greater reliance on obtaining whole protected plants or parts of protected plants from propagation or cultivation while recognising there may be grounds for taking them from the wild; and to minimise the potential for illegally taken protected plants to be used for any purpose. (sec.59-ssec.2) The licensing scheme mentioned in subsection (1) authorises the commercial cultivation and propagation of protected plants to reduce the demand for taking whole protected plants and parts of protected plants in the wild.

• (a) to promote the continued existence in the wild of biologically viable populations of all taxa of protected plants; and
• (b) to allow the ecologically sustainable use of protected plants taken from the wild; and