ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 303ER Object

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 303ER

    The object of this Subdivision   is:

  (a)   to comply with Australia's obligations under:

  (i)   the Biodiversity Convention; and

  (ii)   CITES; and

  (b)   otherwise to further the protection and conservation of the wild fauna and flora of Australia and of other countries;

by requiring the marking of certain live specimens for the purposes of identification.

Note:   See Article 8 of the Biodiversity Convention.