23Application for permit

##### 23 Application for permit (1) A person may make an application to the Minister for the grant of: (a) a permit to export a specimen the export of which, otherwise than in accordance with a permit or an authority, is prohibited by section 21; or (b) a permit to import a specimen the import of which, otherwise than in accordance with a permit or an authority, is prohibited by section 22. (2) An application for a permit shall be made in accordance with the prescribed form or, if no form is prescribed, a form approved by the Minister. (3) An application for a permit to export or to import a specimen for the purposes of scientific research shall contain particulars of the nature and purpose of that research. (4) Where an application is made for the grant of a permit and the Minister requires further information for the purpose of enabling the Minister to deal with the application, the Minister may, by notice in writing served on the applicant not later than 60 days after the application is made, require the applicant to furnish to the Minister, as specified in the notice, a statement in writing setting out that further information and, if a notice is so served, the application shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 24, not to have been duly made until the statement is furnished. (5) Where an application is made for the grant of a permit and the Minister requires a test to be carried out for the purpose of enabling the Minister to deal with the application, the Minister may, by notice in writing served on the applicant not later than 60 days after the application is made: (a) inform the applicant of the nature of, the reason for, and the estimated cost of, that test and of the estimated time within which the result of that test would be obtained by the Minister; and (b) require the applicant to pay to the Commonwealth, as specified in the notice, the amount of that estimated cost; and, if a notice is so served, the application shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 24, not to have been duly made until the amount of that estimated cost is paid and the result of that test is obtained by the Minister.