21Certain exports prohibited

##### 21 Certain exports prohibited (1) A person shall not export: (a) a specimen specified in Part I of Schedule 1, Part I of Schedule 2 or Part I of Schedule 3; or (b) a specimen that is, or is derived from, a native Australian animal or a native Australian plant and is not specified in Part I of Schedule 4. Penalty: 1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 10 years, or both. > Note: Because of the operation of subsection 4(2B), it may be an offence under this section to export a thing that is represented to be a Convention listed animal or plant (including an article, such as medicine, produced or derived from such an animal or plant). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the specimen is exported in accordance with a permit or an authority. > Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.