Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

For the purposes of this Part, if the holder of a permit to export a specimen exports that specimen, he or she is not to be taken to have exported that specimen in accordance with that permit unless, before exporting the specimen, he or she:

produced the permit, or caused the permit to be produced, to an authorised officer doing duty in relation to the export of the specimen; or

received written notice from the Secretary authorising the export of the specimen without the production of the permit.

The Secretary must not give the notice referred to in paragraph (1)(b) unless he or she:

is satisfied that the production of the permit is impracticable; and

endorses a copy of the permit to show that the notice is being given; and

makes that copy available to an authorised officer doing duty in relation to the export of the specimen.

For the purposes of this Part, if the holder of a permit to import a specimen imports that specimen, he or she is not to be taken to have imported that specimen in accordance with that permit unless, before or within a reasonable time after importing the specimen, he or she produced the permit, or caused the permit to be produced, to an authorised officer doing duty in relation to the import of the specimen.

If a person is given an authority under section 303GG by the holder of a permit, this section applies to the person in a corresponding way to the way in which it applies to the holder of the permit.

Nothing in this section prevents the holder of a permit producing a permit, or causing a permit to be produced, by means of an electronic communication.