Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

If:

a specimen is seized under section 444A; and

the specimen was imported from a particular foreign country; and

the export of the specimen from the foreign country was not in contravention of a law of the foreign country that corresponds to Part 13A; and

if the importer had applied for a permit authorising the import of the specimen, there is no reasonable likelihood that the permit would have been granted; and

the importer produces written evidence from the relevant CITES authority of the foreign country that the specimen may be returned to the foreign country without contravening such a law;

The consignment is to be at the expense of the owner of the specimen.