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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
35Requirements for permits to import certain live animals and live plants
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##### 35 Requirements for permits to import certain live animals and live plants
(1) The Minister shall not grant a permit to import a live animal, including a live animal that is a specimen specified in Part I of Schedule 1, Part I of Schedule 2, Part I of Schedule 2A or Part I of Schedule 3, unless the Minister is satisfied:
(a) that:
(i) the proposed recipient is an approved institution in relation to a class of specimens that includes that live animal; or
(ii) the proposed import would be an inter zoological gardens transfer; and
(b) that, if the live animal were imported, it would not be kept, or dealt with, in contravention of any law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.
(2) The Minister shall not grant a permit to import a live plant that is not specified in Schedule 5 or 6 unless the Minister is satisfied that the proposed recipient is an approved institution in relation to a class of specimens that includes that live plant.
(3) The Minister shall not grant a permit to import a live plant, including a live plant that is a specimen specified in Part I of Schedule 1, Part I of Schedule 2 or Part I of Schedule 3, unless the Minister is satisfied that, if the live plant were imported, it would not be kept, or dealt with, in contravention of any law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.