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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
28Requirements for permits to export—Schedule 1
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##### 28 Requirements for permits to export—Schedule 1
Subject to section 32, the Minister shall not grant a permit to export a specimen specified in Part I of Schedule 1 unless the Minister is satisfied:
(a) that:
(i) the country to which the specimen is proposed to be exported has a relevant authority; and
(ii) permission to import that specimen into that country has been given by a relevant authority of that country;
(b) where the specimen is a live animal, that:
(i) the proposed exporter and the proposed recipient are approved institutions in relation to a class of specimens that includes that live animal;
(ii) the proposed export would be an inter zoological gardens transfer; or
(iii) in the case of a live animal, other than a native Australian animal, the proposed export would be an export of a household pet in accordance with section 16A;
(c) where the specimen is a live native Australian animal of a species included in the sub‑phylum VERTEBRATA, that the proposed export:
(i) would be an inter zoological gardens transfer; or
(ii) is for the purposes of prescribed scientific research;
(d) where the specimen is an animal specimen, other than a live native Australian animal of a species included in the sub‑phylum VERTEBRATA, that:
(i) the proposed export would be an inter zoological gardens transfer;
(ii) the proposed export is for the purposes of prescribed scientific research; or
(iii) the specimen is, or is derived from, a live animal that was bred in captivity; and
(e) where the specimen is a plant specimen, that:
(i) the proposed export is for the purposes of prescribed scientific research; or
(ii) the specimen is, or is derived from, a live plant that was artificially propagated.