Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may apply to the Minister for a permit to be issued under subsection (2).
(2) The Minister may, on application made by the Secretary under subsection (1), issue a permit to the Secretary. This subsection has effect subject to subsections (4) and (5).
(3) A permit under subsection (2) authorises the Secretary to take the action or actions specified in the permit, in the permitted period, without breaching section 303CC, 303CD, 303DD or 303EK.
(3A) For the purpose of subsection (3), the permitted period is the period specified in the permit as the period during which the action or actions specified in the permit may be taken. The period so specified must start on the date of issue of the permit and end not later than 12 months after that date.
(4) The Minister must not issue a permit under this section to export a specimen unless the Minister is satisfied that:
(a) both:
(i) the recipient of the specimen will be a relevant CITES authority of a country; and
(ii) the specimen will be used by that relevant CITES authority for the purpose of the identification of a specimen and/or for the purpose of education or training; or
(b) both:
(i) the specimen has been seized under this Act; and
(ii) the specimen will be used to facilitate investigations in or outside Australia in relation to trade relating to wildlife.
(5) The Minister must not issue a permit under this section to import a specimen unless the Minister is satisfied that:
(a) the specimen will be used by the Secretary for the purposes of the identification of a specimen; or
(b) both:
(i) the sender of the specimen will be a relevant CITES authority of a country; and
(ii) the specimen will be used for the purpose of the identification of a specimen and/or for the purpose of education or training; or
(c) the specimen was exported from Australia in contravention of:
(i) this Part; or
(ii) the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 ; or
(d) the specimen will be used to facilitate investigations in or outside Australia in relation to trade relating to wildlife.
(6) A permit under this section:
(a) comes into force on the date on which it is issued; and
(b) unless it is sooner cancelled, remains in force until all of the following periods have ended:
(i) the permitted period (within the meaning of subsection (3A));
(ii) each period for which one or more conditions of the permit are expressed to apply.