Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) ACT 1980 No. 103 of 1980 - SECT 10

10. (1) A permit shall not authorize a person to kill, take, injure or
otherwise interfere with a native bird or native mammal unless-

   (a)  the Minister is satisfied that-

        (i)    the number of birds or mammals of any species that may be
               killed or taken in that year by virtue of that permit and all
               other permits granted under section 9 and by virtue of
               corresponding laws will be replaced in the immediately
               succeeding breeding season by natural reproduction; and

        (ii)   the variety of species and the balance of the natural
               ecological systems existing within the Antarctic will be
               maintained;

   (b)  the permit is so expressed as to ensure, as far as possible, that the
        activities authorized by the permit will be carried on to the extent
        only that they are necessary for-

        (i)    providing, in limited quantities and in conformity with the
               purposes and principles of the Agreed Measures, essential food
               for humans or working dogs in the Antarctic; and

        (ii)   providing specimens for scientific research, public education
               (including display in museums, zoological gardens or other
               educational or cultural institutions) or such other educational
               or cultural purposes as the Minister thinks fit; and

   (c)  in the case of a permit relating to a specially protected species-

        (i)    the permit is granted for a compelling scientific purpose; and

        (ii)   the Minister is satisfied that the activities authorized by the
               permit will not jeopardize the existing ecological system or
               the survival of that species.

(2) A permit shall not authorize a person to bring into the Antarctic a live
domestic fowl.

(3) A permit shall not authorize a person to bring into the Antarctic an
animal, plant, virus, bacterium, yeast or fungus that is not indigenous to the
Antarctic unless it is of a kind specified in the permit, being a kind
specified in the Agreed Measures for the purposes of the grant of such a
permit.

(4) The conditions of a permit authorizing the bringing into the Antarctic of
an animal, plant, virus, bacterium, yeast or fungus that is not indigenous
to the Antarctic and might cause harmful interference with the natural system
if left unsupervised within the Antarctic shall include the condition that it
shall be-

   (a)  kept under such control as is specified in the permit; and

   (b)  removed from the Antarctic or destroyed after it has served its
        purpose.

(5) The conditions of a permit authorizing the bringing of a dog into the
Antarctic shall include the following conditions, namely-

   (a)  that the dog is or has been inoculated, not less than 2 months before
        the date of its arrival in the Antarctic, against such diseases as are
        specified in the conditions, being the diseases against which dogs are
        required by the Agreed Measures to be inoculated for the purpose of
        being brought into the Antarctic; and

   (b)  that the inoculation is in effect at that date.

(6) A permit shall not authorize any activity to be carried on in a
specially protected area unless-

   (a)  the activity is to be carried on for a compelling scientific purpose
        which cannot be served elsewhere; and

   (b)  the Minister is satisfied that the activity will not jeopardize the
        natural ecological system existing in that area.