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A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and for related purposes
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Registered 02 Sep 2016
Introduced Senate 31 Aug 2016
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2013‑2014‑2015

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Live Imports of Primates for Research) Bill 2015

 

No.      , 2015

 

(Senator Rhiannon)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and for related purposes

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                3

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999                   3

 

 


A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Live Imports of Primates for Research) Act 2015.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3  Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

  

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

1  Subsection 303CG(1)

Omit “subsection (3)”, substitute “subsections (3) and (5A)”.

2  After subsection 303CG(5)

Insert:

          (5A)  The Minister must not issue a permit that authorises the import of a CITES specimen if:

                     (a)  the specimen is a live primate; and

                     (b)  the proposed import would be for the purpose of research or for purposes that include research.

3  Subsection 303EN(1)

Omit “subsection (3)”, substitute “subsections (3) and (3A)”.

4  After subsection 303EN(3)

Insert:

          (3A)  The Minister must not issue a permit that authorises the import of a regulated live specimen if:

                     (a)  the specimen is a primate; and

                     (b)  the proposed import would be for the purpose of research or for purposes that include research.

5  After subsection 303GB(1)

Insert:

       (1AA)  Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an application for a permit to be issued under section 303CG or 303EN if the Minister is precluded from issuing that permit because of subsection 303CG(5A) or 303EN(3A), as the case may be.

6  Subsection 303GC(2)

Omit “and (5)”, substitute “, (5) and (5A)”.

7  After subsection 303GC(5)

          (5A)  The Minister must not issue a permit under this section to import a specimen if:

                     (a)  the specimen is a live primate; and

                     (b)  the proposed import would be for the purpose of research or for purposes that include research.