Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WILDLIFE PROTECTION (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1982 No. 149 of 1982 - SECT 3

3. The object of this Act is to comply with the obligations of Australia under
the Convention and otherwise to further the protection and conservation of the
wild fauna and flora of Australia and of other countries by-

   (a)  regulating the export of specimens that are, or are derived from,
        native Australian animals or native Australian plants;

   (b)  regulating the export and import of specimens that are, or are derived
        from, animals, or plants, of a kind that are threatened with
        extinction;

   (c)  regulating the export and import of specimens that are, or are derived
        from, animals, or plants, of a kind that might become threatened with
        extinction if international trade in such specimens were not
        regulated;

   (d)  regulating the export and import of specimens that are, or are derived
        from, animals, or plants, of a kind that require, or might require,
        special protection by way of the regulation of international trade in
        such specimens;

   (e)  regulating the import of animals and plants of a kind the
        establishment of which in Australia or an external Territory could
        have an adverse effect (otherwise than by reason of a disease) on, or
        on the habitats of, native Australian animals or
        native Australian plants;

   (f)  regulating the export of specimens that are difficult to distinguish
        from specimens referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); and

   (g)  regulating the import of specimens that are difficult to distinguish
        from specimens referred to in paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e).