Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

The regulations may amend or substitute Schedule 5 (Protected animals) or Schedule 6 (Protected plants).

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the regulation or welfare of protected animals and the regulation of protected plants. In particular, the regulations may—

regulate the breeding of protected animals, and

make provision for or with respect to the registration of persons who deal in protected animals or protected plants and of premises used by those persons, and

require the keeping of records by persons who deal in protected animals or protected plants, and

make provision for or with respect to the preparation of management plans in relation to any commercial activity that may adversely affect protected animals or protected plants (including provision with respect to tagging of animals or plants that are sold).

In this section, protected animal includes an animal of (or part of) a threatened species or threatened ecological community, and protected plant includes a plant of (or part of) a threatened species or threatened ecological community.