16Export of household pets—native Australian animals

##### 16 Export of household pets—native Australian animals (1) The export of a live native Australian animal from Australia or from an external Territory is an export of a household pet in accordance with this section if: (a) the animal is an animal of a species specified in Schedule 7, other than the species Melopsittacus undulatus (common name budgerigar); (b) the exporter kept the animal as a household pet immediately before the export; (c) the exporter has been ordinarily resident in Australia or that Territory, as the case may be, for not less than 4 years immediately preceding the export; (d) the exporter is leaving Australia or that Territory, as the case may be, with the intention of taking up permanent residence in another country; (e) it is not proposed to export (whether by virtue of this subsection or otherwise) more than one other animal of a species specified in Schedule 7 (other than a budgerigar), where that other animal has been kept as a household pet by the exporter or the members of the household of the exporter. (2) The export of a live native Australian animal of the species Melopsittacus undulatus (common name budgerigar) from Australia or from an external Territory is an export of a household pet in accordance with this section if: (a) the animal was bred in captivity; (b) the exporter has owned and kept the animal as a household pet; (c) the exporter is leaving Australia or that Territory, as the case may be, with the intention of taking up permanent residence in another country; and (d) it is not proposed to export (whether by virtue of this subsection or otherwise) any animal of that species that has been kept as a household pet by the exporter or the members of the household of the exporter other than that animal or that animal and one other animal of that species. (3) The export before 1 May 1987 of a live native Australian animal from Australia or from an external Territory is an export of a household pet in accordance with this section if: (a) the animal is an animal of a species specified in Schedule 7; (b) the exporter has owned and kept the animal as a household pet: (i) for not less than 2 years immediately preceding the export; and (ii) since a day on or before 1 May 1984; (c) the exporter has been ordinarily resident in Australia or that Territory, as the case may be: (i) for not less than 3 years immediately preceding the export; and (ii) since a day on or before 1 May 1984; and (d) it is not proposed to export (whether by virtue of this subsection or otherwise) any animal of that species that has been kept as a household pet by the exporter or the members of the household of the exporter other than that animal or that animal and one other animal of that species.