38ARequirements for permits to import—Schedule 2A

##### 38A Requirements for permits to import—Schedule 2A The Minister must not grant a permit to import a specimen specified in Part I of Schedule 2A unless the Minister is satisfied: (a) in a case where the import is not by way of introduction from the sea and the country from which the specimen is imported is specified in a column of Part II or III of that Schedule opposite the name of the species to which the specimen belongs—that: (i) the country from which the specimen is proposed to be imported has a relevant authority; and (ii) permission to export that specimen from that country has been given by a relevant authority of that country; and (b) in a case where the import is not by way of introduction from the sea and the country from which the specimen is imported is not specified in a column of Part II or III of that Schedule opposite the name of the species to which the specimen belongs—that the proposed sender holds a certificate of origin, or an equivalent document or notation, in relation to the specimen; and (c) in a case where the specimen is a live animal—that: (i) the proposed sender 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.