Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 28

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982.

Dated 23 February 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Robert hill

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 282

made under the

Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982

Contents

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1 Name of regulations 2

2 Commencement 2

3 Amendment of Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations 2

Schedule 1 Amendments 3

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1 Name of regulations

These regulations are the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

These regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations

Schedule 1 amends the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations.

Schedule 1 Amendments

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[1] Regulation 1

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1 Name of regulations

These regulations are the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations 1984.

[2] After subregulation 16 (3)

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(4) The fee payable for giving an authority under section 42A of the Act for a person to export non-living specimens of species of either Macropus or Thylogale is the amount worked out using the formula:

where:

expected number of exports is the number of consignments of the specimens that the person expects to export under the authority, not including consignments containing samples only.

[3] Schedule 2, Form 2

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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations

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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations 1984

[4] Schedule 3, item 1, column 2

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[5] Schedule 3, item 4

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Authority, except:

(a) an authority given under section 43A of the Act; or

(b) an authority given under section 44 of the Act to export a specimen, provided that the Designated Authority is satisfied:

(i) that the specimen will be used for the identification of a specimen, or for education or training; or

(ii) that the specimen has been seized under the Act, and will be used to facilitate investigations outside Australia in relation to trade relating to wildlife; or

$150.00

(c) an authority given under section 44 of the Act to import a specimen, provided that the Designated Authority is satisfied:(i) that the specimen will be used for the identification of a specimen, or for education or training; or

(ii) that the specimen was exported from Australia in contravention of the Act; or

(iii) that the specimen will be used to facilitate investigations in Australia in relation to trade relating to wildlife; or

(d) an authority mentioned in subregulation 16 (4)

[6] Schedule 3, item 5, paragraph (b)

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, or subregulation 16 (4)

Notes

1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1984 No. 56, as amended by 1993 No. 226; 1996 No. 332.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 23 February 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 March 1999.