Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) ACT 1980 - SECT 19AB

    A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person brings into the Antarctic a seal, bird or plant; and

  (b)   the seal, bird or plant is a native seal, a native bird or a native plant; and

  (c)   the person does not bring the seal, bird or plant into the Antarctic in accordance with a permit.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.