Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Act 1991 (Cth)

Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Act 1991

No. 133 of 1991

An Act to amend the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982

[Assented to 2 September 1991]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title etc.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Act 1991.

(2) In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 19821.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. Section .4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

" 'controlled specimen' means a specimen that is a controlled specimen because of a declaration in force under section 10a;".

Act not to apply to certain specimens

4. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsections:

"(5a) For the purposes of subsection (1), a specimen is to be taken to be brought into Australia for the purpose of transhipment to another country if, and only if:

(a) the specimen is brought into Australia in the course of being transported to an identified person in the other country; and

(b) any delay in its leaving Australia will be due solely to the arrangements for its transport; and

(c) it will be under the control of the Customs all the time that it is in Australia.

"(5b) For the purposes of subsection (2), a specimen is to be taken to be brought into an external Territory for the purpose of transhipment to another country if, and only if:

(a) the specimen is brought into that Territory in the course of being transported to an identified person in the other country; and