Wild Fauna and Flora Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Trade in Species
22. Effect of permits and certificates
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Except as the Director may otherwise determine, a permit or certificate shall authorise the holder to undertake on one occasion the type of trade to which the permit or certificate relates in only the specimen or specimens of species as listed in the Appendix specified in that permit or certificate.
Director
“Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, and includes the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Agrifood;
Wild Fauna and Flora
Every permit or certificate granted under any of sections 10 to 21
shall come into force on the date on which it was signed.
Notwithstanding subsection (2), every permit or certificate shall remain in force for a period of 6 months, or such lesser period as may be specified therein, unless it is sooner revoked or surrendered.
A permit or certificate shall be personal to the holder, and shall not be transferable to or vest by operation of law in any other person.
Terms defined in s 2
Appendix
Defined · s 2“Appendix” means the Appendix I, II or III to the Convention and any amendment thereto which may come into force;
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, and includes the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Agrifood;
species
Defined · s 2“species” means any species, sub-species, variety, form or geographically separate population thereof;
specimen
Defined · s 2“specimen” means — (a) any animal or plant, whether alive or dead; or (b) any recognisable part or derivative thereof which appears from an accompanying document, the packaging or a mark or label, or from any other circumstances, to be a recognisable part or derivative of an animal or plant of species included in the Appendix, unless such part or derivative is specifically exempted from the Convention;