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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
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##### 12 Approved zoological organizations
(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 a zoological organization in Australia, in an external Territory or in another country to be an approved zoological organization 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 a zoological organization to be an approved zoological organization 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 a zoological organization to be an approved zoological organization in relation to any class, a particular class, or particular classes, of specimens.
(3) A zoological organization may apply, in writing, to the Designated Authority to be declared to be an approved zoological organization in relation to a class, or classes, of specimens specified in the application.