Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 303GP

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person exports or imports a live animal in a manner that subjects the animal to cruel treatment; and

  (b)   the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the export or import subjects the animal to cruel treatment; and

  (c)   the animal is a CITES specimen; and

  (d)   the person contravenes section   303CC or 303CD in relation to the export or import of the animal.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person exports a live animal in a manner that subjects the animal to cruel treatment; and

  (b)   the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the export subjects the animal to cruel treatment; and

  (c)   the animal is a regulated native specimen; and

  (d)   the person contravenes section   303DD in relation to the export of the animal.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person imports a live animal in a manner that subjects the animal to cruel treatment; and

  (b)   the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the import subjects the animal to cruel treatment; and

  (c)   the animal is a regulated live specimen; and

  (d)   the person contravenes section   303EK in relation to the import of the animal.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (4)   This section does not limit section   303GE.