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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
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##### 11 Approved institutions
(1) Subject to any regulations referred to in subsection (2), the Designated Authority may, by instrument under the Designated Authority’s hand published in the Gazette, declare an organization in Australia, in an external Territory or in another country, being an organization that is engaged in activities relating to live animals or live plants, to be an approved institution in relation to a class, or classes, of specimens specified in the instrument.
(2) The regulations:
(a) may provide that the Designated Authority shall not declare an organization referred to in subsection (1) to be an approved institution in relation to any class, a particular class, or particular classes, of specimens unless the Designated Authority is satisfied of certain matters in relation to the organization; or
(b) may prescribe matters that are to be taken into account by the Designated Authority when determining whether the Designated Authority will declare an organization referred to in subsection (1) to be an approved institution in relation to any class, a particular class, or particular classes, of specimens.
(3) An organization referred to in subsection (1) may apply, in writing, to the Designated Authority to be declared to be an approved institution in relation to a class, or classes, of specimens specified in the application.