22Certain imports prohibited

##### 22 Certain imports prohibited (1) A person shall not import: (a) a specimen specified in Part I of Schedule 1, Part I of Schedule 2 or Part I of Schedule 3; or (aa) a specimen specified in Part I of Schedule 2A; or (b) a specimen, being a live animal or a live plant (whether or not it is a specimen referred to in paragraph (a)) other than a live animal, or live plant, specified in Part I of Schedule 5 or Part I of Schedule 6. 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 import 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 imported 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.