Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A principal collecting institution may apply to the Minister for a permit to export a Class B object that is accessioned into the collection for which the institution is responsible.
(2) If a principal collecting institution is not a body corporate, the person responsible for the institution's operations may make an application under subsection (1).
(3) An application is to be made in writing in the approved form.
(4) On receipt of an application, the Minister must refer it to the Committee.
(5) The Committee must submit to the Minister a written report on the application.
(6) The Minister must consider the report and:
(a) grant to the applicant a permit to export any Class B object that is accessioned into the collection for which the institution is responsible; or
(b) refuse to grant a permit.
(7) A permit is subject to:
(a) a condition that an exportation of a Class B object is not in accordance with the permit unless it is exported on loan for the purposes of research, public exhibition or a similar purpose; and
(b) such other conditions (if any) as the Minister specifies in the permit.
(8) If the Minister refuses to grant a permit, the Minister must, within the prescribed period after the decision is made, cause to be served on the applicant written notice of the refusal, setting out the reasons for the refusal.