Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 303BA

  (1)   The objects of this Part   are as follows:

  (a)   to ensure that Australia complies with its obligations under CITES and the Biodiversity Convention;

  (b)   to protect wildlife that may be adversely affected by trade;

  (c)   to promote the conservation of biodiversity in Australia and other countries;

  (d)   to ensure that any commercial utilisation of Australian native wildlife for the purposes of export is managed in an ecologically sustainable way;

  (e)   to promote the humane treatment of wildlife;

  (f)   to ensure ethical conduct during any research associated with the utilisation of wildlife;

  (h)   to ensure that the precautionary principle is taken into account in making decisions relating to the utilisation of wildlife.

Note:   CITES means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species--see section   528.

  (2)   In order to achieve its objects, this Part   includes special provisions to conserve the biodiversity of Australian native wildlife.