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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1980 - SECT 53

Dealing in protected native plants

    (1)     A person shall not, except in accordance with a licence—

        (a)     sell a protected native plant; or

        (b)     import into the Territory, or export from the Territory, a protected native plant for the purposes of sale or trade.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     if the plant has special protection status—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both; or

        (b)     in any other case—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     Nothing in subsection (1) applies to or in relation to the importation into the Territory of native timber.



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